“In the most painful way possible”: in Paraguay they suffer from the elimination of Nacional against Palestino

Palestino entered the group stage of the Copa Libertadores . Of course, to achieve this, the Arabs had to suffer, because during regulation time Nacional managed to win 3-1, which forced them to define the winner of the key through penalties.

In this case, the Chileans were more precise and achieved the great goal. A situation that they greatly regret in Paraguay, as evidenced by the media in this country.

ABC, for example, commented that “Nacional, after a great match won 3-1, failed on penalties and was excluded from the Copa Libertadores against the Chilean Palestino. “.

“The academy won in the 90 minutes with goals from Diego Duarte, Orlando Gaona Lugo and Juan Fernando Alfaro, but an error from Antony Silva produced Palestino’s surrender, which led to the penalty shootout decision where only Edgardo Orzusa was able to score for the Paraguayans who They fell 3-1 and will play the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana”, they added.

D10, for its part, highlighted that “Nacional beat Palestino 3-1 this Tuesday in the rematch of phase 3 of the Copa Libertadores, tying the series 3-3 in normal time”, but on penalties he showed his worst side and said goodbye to the Copa Libertadores de América “.

“Out of four shots, only Edgardo Orzusa managed to score for the Paraguayan team, while Sergio Ojeda, Brian Blasi and Jordan Santacruz missed their shots to come out of the resolution with a result of 3-1 in favor of the team Arab who showed one hundred percent strength in this series,” they noted.

They also highlighted the goalkeeper’s error at the end which gave Palestino hope. “Nacional was ready to condemn, but it did not do so and it paid dearly. Even if Antony Silva’s error in extra time from Cristián Suárez had a lot to do with it, in the 84th minute. . After this goal the match started, Dilan Zúñiga put a ball on the crossbar, while the referee canceled a Nacional goal due to handball in the previous game by Leandro Meza.

“With the series tied at three goals, penalties decided who advanced to the group stage of the top international competition. In this case, the representative of Paraguayan football missed three shots and will play the Copa Sudamericana. “, they closed.

Finally, Versus titled his column: “Nacional was kicked out of the Libertadores in the most painful way possible “.

“Incredible but true. The ingratitude of football this time fell to Nacional, who played a very great match in Chile, beat Palestino with authority but no one will remember it because of the way they were eliminated. “, they added below.

“Juan Pumpido’s team was clearly better and ultimately seemed to turn things around in the series. With Juanfer Alfaro’s goal, the tricolor took the lead in the general classification and the feat was closer than ever,” they continued.

“Until… during one of the last advances, misfortune came for Nacional and hope for the Chilean team. After a set ball that seemed harmless, the defender Cristian Suárez headed almost without strength, but Antony Silva miscalculated and the ball went behind the back, giving life to the home team. “, they closed.