Yuri Alberto resolves, and Corinthians beats Nacional in the South American

This Tuesday, the 7th, the Nacional-PAR received the Corinthiansin a match valid for the fourth round of the South American. After a flawed and truncated first half, Timão sought another victory in the competition, with a score of 2-0, even playing away from home.

The game started very truncated, with many fouls and few exchanges of passes. With Corinthians missing, especially in the most creative sector of the field, the São Paulo team had few opportunities. On the other hand, Nacional was more defensive, but tried to take advantage of the few chances that arose on the counterattack.

In the 22nd minute, Nacional had one of the best chances of the first half, but stopped at Corinthians’ defense and, on the rebound, Carlos Miguel He kept the ball without any problems. On Timão’s side, Angel Romero stood out as the main name of the team, as he looked for individual plays and tried to finish as best he could, but the score didn’t come from zero. Interval! 0 to 0.

On the way back to the second stage, Nacional had more freedom to create and was already in danger after 10 minutes, at which point Diego Duarte he finished under pressure and forced Carlos Miguel to make a good save. Corinthians responded with Romero, who headed dangerously, but also stopped when the opposing goalkeeper intervened.

In the 27th minute, Romero received the ball on the right wing with enough space to cross with quality to the head of Yuri Alberto, who entered in the second half to resolve the game for Timão. In the final stretch, the Paraguayans had a clear chance in the area, but Carlos Miguel made a great save to maintain Timão’s victory. The São Paulo club expanded in the last minutes, with Matheuzinho. End of the game! 2 to 0.