Newell’s achieve place at Libertadores 2013

Newell’s Old Boys defeated Atlético Rafaela by 3-0 in the match for the nineteenth round of the Inicial Tournament, and sealed its qulification to the Libertadores Cup 2013.

The first two goals were netted by Fabían Muñoz at the beginning of each half, respectively, as Ignacio Scocco scored the third one at 39′ of the second half.

Line-ups:

Newell’s: Nahuel Guzmán; Marcos Cáceres, Santiago Vergini, Víctor López and Leonel Vangioni; Lucas Bernardi, Hernán Villalba and Martín Tonso; Fabián Muñoz, Ignacio Scocco and Víctor Figueroa. Coach: Gerardo Martino.

Atlético Rafaela: Guillermo Sara; Fabricio Fontanini, Oscar Carniello and Lucas Bovaglio; Matías Fissore, Raúl Ferro, Germán Rodríguez Rojas and Juan Eluchans; Sebastián Grazzini; Rodrigo Depetris and Federico González. Coach: Víctor Bottaniz (interim).

Referee: Luis Alvarez.

Stadium: Marcelo Bielsa.

Source: Buenos Aires Herald