Santa Cruz saves Libertad from a defeat against Nacional

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Asunción, IP Agency.-The academy was winning 1-0 until the 90th minute, when the endless Roque Luis Santa Cruz appeared and scored the tying goal for the Gumarelo.

In this way, Ariel Galeano’s team saved its undefeated record and reached 29 points, 6 more than the guard Cerro Porteño in the classification of the Apertura tournament of the Paraguayan Football Association.

Leandro Meza scored for the academic team that, on the next date, will receive Olimpia at the Arsenio Erico on Sunday at 8:00 p.m.

For its part, Libertad will play at its La Huerta stadium once morest Sportivo Trinidense, on Saturday, April 20 at 8 p.m.

National 1-1 Libertad

Stadium: Arsenio Erico. Referee: Blas Rosemary. Assistants: Luis Onieva and Hector Medina. Fourth referee: Marco Franco. VAR: Ulises Mereles. AVAR: Stephen Testta. Goal: 66′ Leandro Meza (N); 90+1′ Roque St. Cross (L). Fouled out: 28′ Alan Gomez (N); 70′ Oscar Cardozo (L).

National: Antony Silva (C); Juan Alfaro, Alexis Cañete, Brian Blasi and Daniel Rivas; Leandro Meza (71′), Juan Alfaro, Alan Gomez and Blas Caceres (80′ Ismael Benegas); Rodrigo Arevalo (46′ Ignacio Bailone) and Gustavo Caballero (68′ Orlando Gaona). DT: Victor Bernay.

Freedom: Nicholas Morinigo; Ivan Piris, Luis Cardozo, Diego Viera and Nestor Gimenez (84′ Roque Santa Cruz); Bautista Merlini (59′ Lucas Sanabria), Alvaro Campuzano (69′ Gustavo Aguilar), Antonio Bareiro (84′ Ivan Franco) and Angel Cardozo (59′ Hugo Martinez); Lorenzo Melgarejo and Oscar Cardozo (C). DT: Ariel Galeano.