Olimpia midfielder Vladimir Marin (C) vies for the ball with Banfield»S goalkeeper Cristian Campestrini (L).
Paraguay’s Olimpia currently tie 2-2 with Argentina’s Arsenal de Sarandí in the second leg of the Sudamericana Cup’s pre-quarter finals.
Arsenal’s Cristian Trombetta opened the score at 16’ of the first half, while his teammate Emilio Zelaya netted the second half only three minutes later.
But at 36’ and 42’ of the same half, Pablo Zeballos managed to score Olimpia’s goals and tie the result.
The team coached by Gustavo Alfaro, which was the champion of the cup in 2007, will have to win in order to achieve the quarter-finals.
Line-ups:
Arsenal: Cristian Campestrini; Danilo Gerlo, Lisandro López, Guillermo Burdisso, Damián Pérez; Diego Torres, Jorge Ortiz or Juan Manuel Cobo, Iván Marcone, Juan Pablo Caffa; Emilio Zelaya or Luciano Leguizamón and Mauro Obolo. Coach: Gustavo Alfaro.
Olimpia: Martín Silva; Eduardo Aranda o Francisco Nájera, Adrián Romero, Enrique Meza, Sebastián Ariosa; Sergio Orteman, Miguel Amado, Richard Ortiz, Vladimir Marín; Luis Caballero and Maximiliano Biancucchi or Pablo Zeballos. Coach: Gerardo Pelusso.
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