Argentinos beat Nacional, lead Group 3

The leader of the Libertadores Cup’s group 3, Argentinos Juniors defeated Uruguay’s Nacional 1-0 at the Parque Central stadium.

Argentinos' Franco Niell netted the only goal of the match at 21' of the first half.

The champion of the 1985 Libertadores Cup, Argentinos, leads the zone with four points after a tie and a victory, while Nacional, the winner of the cup in 1971, 1980 and 1988, only has one point.

Mexico’s América (3 points) and Brazil’s Fluminense (2) are also part of the group.

Argentinos draw 2-2 with Fluminense in Río de Janeiro and later defeated América 3-1.

Meanwhile, Nacional has been defeated 2-0 by América and draw without goals with Fluminense.

Line-ups:

Nacional: Leonardo Burián; Gabriel Marques, Alejandro Lembo, Sebastián Coates, Cristian Núñez; Mauricio Pereira, Facundo Píriz, Matías Cabrera; Santiago García, Bruno Fornaroli and Horacio Peralta. Coach: Juan Ramón Carrasco.

Argentinos: Nicolás Navarro; Juan Sabia, Miguel Torrén, Santiago Gentiletti; Cristian Sánchez Prette, Gonzalo Prósperi, Pablo Hernández, Sergio Escudero; Gustavo Oberman; Franco Niell and Santiago Salcedo. Coach: Pedro Troglio.

Stadium: Parque Central.

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay).