Boca He thinks of Racing, his rival next Saturday in the classic of the Opening Tournament of the Professional League. But this Wednesday also had one eye – or the two – in Asunción del Paraguay. There began to define his Adversary of the previous phase 2 of the Copa Libertadores and Alianza Lima, directed by the Argentine Néstor Raúl Gorositohe tied for the time to National (1-1), thanks to a penalty observed by the VAR and converted by the stainless Hernán Barco. Next week, the series will be resolved in Lima.
The veteran Argentine attacker ‘Pirate’ Barco, at 98 minutes, was in charge of the execution from the twelve steps and with a strong shot, to the middle of the arch, decreed the equality of the Peruvians in the Arsenio Erico stadium, in Asunción.
Ships had entered the seventy minutes instead of the legendary Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrerothat retired from the field rengues and visibly sore in the right ankle.
Nacional de Paraguay had taken advantage at seven minutes through Gustavo Caballero And while a counterattack had the possibility of increasing the account, Alianza Lima never surrendered and his effort was fruit about the end of the game.
The winner of this key will cross in the second phase – in the second half of February – against Boca, which must overcome two rounds to get into the group stage of the Libertadores.
Another historic of the continent, the Corinthians, will also start its way in the main tournament of Clubs in America in the second phase, visiting the Central University of Venezuela on February. The return will be a week later in San Pablo.
The Copa Libertadores of 2025 had started Tuesday in Maturín (Venezuela), where the local Monagas beat Defensor Sporting de Uruguay 2-0 and released a good rent for the rematch next Tuesday in Montevideo.
The Panamanian Tomás Rodríguez at 78 minutes and Roger Manrique with an exquisite free kick to the best Lionel Messi style in the 90th minute scored the goals of Monagas’s victory.
The winner of this key will cross in the second phase to the traditional Paraguayan Porteño hill, one of the teams with the greatest number of participations in the Libertadores (46) but who could never reach the final.
On Thursday, meanwhile, the first phase round round will be closed when the Blooming de Bolivia Receive in Santa Cruz de la Sierra a The National of Quito.