Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Argentina-Brazil Americas' Superclassic match suspended after power cut

The second leg of the Americas' Superclassic Cup between Argentina and Brazil had to be suspended after the Bicentenario Stadium in Chaco province suffered a power cut.

The Chilean referee Enrique Ossés decided to suspend the game 70' after the kick-off hour stating "we can't play this way."

The first leg of the annual series between both national teams denominated "Americas' Superclassic Cup," was held at Goiania two weeks ago, where Argentina was defeated by the local team by 2-1.

Argentina: Oscar Ustari; Gino Peruzzi, Lisandro López, Sebastián Domínguez, Leandro Desábato and Clemente Rodríguez; Maximiliano Rodríguez, Rodrigo Braña and Pablo Guiñazú; Juan Manuel Martínez and Hernán Barcos.

Brazil: Jefferson; Lucas Marques, Rever, Dedé y Fabio Santos; Paulinho y Ralf; Lucas, Jadson y Neymar; Leandro Damiao. DT: Mano Menezes.

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile).

Stadium: Bicentenario, Resistencia City.