Estudiantes beat Guaraní, end group round closer to the top

Last champion of the Argentine football cup, Estudiantes de La Plata, defeated Paraguay's Guaraní 2-1 during the last match of the group 7 round of the Libertadores de América Cup.

Guaraní's Pablo Caballero opened the score at 44' of the first half of the game after a penalty kick.

Only 5' after the beginning of the second half, Estudiantes' Pablo Barrientos managed to tie the result, while his team mate Leandro González netted the second goal only two minutes later.

The game was held at Asunción’s Defensores del Chaco.

Estudiantes faced its opponent without its main players, Juan Sebastián Verón and Gastón Fernández, because of their injuries.

Line-ups:

Guaraní: Pablo Aurrecochea; Eduardo Filippini, Joel Benítez, Federico Carballo and Elvis Marecos; Osvaldo Hobecker or Cristian Sosa, Miguel Paniagua, Jorge Mendoza and Julián Benítez; Pablo Caballero and Fabio Escobar. Coach: Félix Darío León.

Estudiantes: Agustín Orión; Federico Fernández, Leandro Desábato and Facundo Roncaglia; Gabriel Mercado, Rodrigo Braña, Matías Sánchez and Raúl Iberbia; Enzo Pérez and Pablo Barrientos; Leandro González or Hernán Rodrigo López. Coach: Eduardo Berizzo.

Stadium: Defensores del Chaco de Paraguay.

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Perú).