Estudiantes thrash Guaraní

Current local football tournament winner, Estudiantes de La Plata crashed Paraguay’s Guaraní 5-1 and achieved its third consecutive victory in the Group 7 Libertadores de América Cup.

Only a minute after the beginning of the first half of the game, Estudiantes Hernán López opened the score, and also netted the second goal at 18'.

At 24' of the same half, Leandro González scored Estudiantes' third goal.

López was in charge of heading the fourth goal of his team at 13' of the second half of the game.

At 34', Guaraní's Julián Benítez netted the only goal of his team. Only 2' later, González scored Estudiantes' fifth goal.

This victory in the game held at the Ciudad de La Plata Stadium brought the Argentine team closer to the classification for the pre-quarter finals round and closer to the current leader of the group, Brazil's Cruzeiro.

Line-ups:

Estudiantes: Agustín Orión; Federico Fernández, Leandro Desábato and Facundo Roncaglia; Gabriel Mercado, Rodrigo Braña, Juan Sebastián Verón and Raúl Iberbia; Enzo Pérez; Leandro González and Rodrigo López. Coach: Eduardo Berizzo.

Guaraní: Pablo Aurrecochea; Eduardo Filippini, Joel Benítez, Federico Carballo and Elvio Marecos; Juan José Aguilar, Miguel Paniagua, Luis Eladio de la Cruz and Jorge Mendoza; Pablo Caballero and Julián Benítez. Coach: Félix Darío León.

Stadium: Ciudad de La Plata.

Referee: Manuel Vázquez (Uruguay).