Deportivo Tachira (VEN) vs Libertad (PRY) | DESTACADOS Copa Libertadores| 07/05/2024 | beIN SPORTS
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00:00 Walk out onto the field here. Of course escorted onto the field by the officials.
00:08 And Nacional with six points.
00:14 River Plate defeated Nacional to nothing on match day two.
00:21 And waiting for our Brazilian referee to get us underway and here we go.
00:29 Deportivo Tachira shooting from right to left in the yellow and black shirts.
00:35 Libertad predominantly dressed all in white. Shooting from left to right.
00:41 It's a nice good early start for the host Deportivo Tachira.
00:47 Certainly the regular season games Deportivo Tachira weren't at their best.
00:52 What can they do here though? It's a good save going down to his right hand side.
00:58 From Rodrigo Morinego.
01:01 First shot on target, 11 minutes into the game. I think it was just about hitting the target.
01:09 May have been dragged wide by Arriba. Couldn't take any chances though, Morinego.
01:15 You get a little bit bored of kicking your teammates in training with no true competitive games.
01:23 Long range shot here for Libertad. Just great. Scrapes over the crossbar.
01:29 Sanabria left footed. Outswinger you would suspect.
01:34 Here it comes and it is Roque Santa Cruz who gets on the end of it.
01:40 For Argentine River Plate away at Nacional.
01:44 Crossing to the box for Deportivo Tachira. What an excellent opportunity.
01:50 I think that's Vivas. The first half, 25% of the way through the whole game of course that would be.
01:57 Long range effort. Hit with Venom.
02:05 It struck across the left hand side of the ball. With inside of the left foot you see there.
02:12 A little bit.
02:13 Another long range strike. Camargo goes down but just drags the hands in at the last moment.
02:28 So far all we've seen from Libertad is long range efforts. That's another ball struck.
02:36 With the inside of the left across the left.
02:41 He started his coaching career, Sarago in his early 20s. Didn't really have much of a playing career.
02:49 Here go his team though. An excellent opportunity. That's 1-0.
02:55 Swept home. That's a counter attack of incisive nature and a decisive finish.
03:09 The fans going to rapture. Spirits.
03:13 Swept home with aplomb from Jesus Hernandez. One of the triumvirate of Hernandez's.
03:27 And fellow Hernandez, Nelson, crosses it in.
03:37 And here they come again. Deportivo Tachira.
03:42 What a goal does to lift the spirits. It's another strike. That's 2. Offside.
03:51 And yes that's the correct decision. Clearly offside.
04:02 But dreadful goalkeeping from Rodrigo Mourinho.
04:08 Dreadful, dreadful goalkeeping.
04:13 Yes sometimes as a modern day goalkeeper you can't catch the ball.
04:19 By Libertad. 63% possession. It just shows you how unimportant possession can be if you don't use it.
04:28 Arriba!
04:31 It's almost been a smash and grab. It looks statistically for River Plate.
04:40 Here is Libertad though. Another long range effort. Another goal.
04:43 Well I'm not sure that had gone over the line. Not the whole of the ball. Over the whole of the goal line.
04:54 But they don't care. Deportivo Tachira. And that will be that.
05:01 As intimated by the referee. There we have it.
05:07 That's always been apart from that little spell with Houston Dynamo. Even Franco has been solely with Libertad.
05:23 Right footed outswinger. Great move that really is.
05:30 Certainly been worked on in training.
05:34 Today that was Scolzi to Sheringham that was.
05:37 All alone and free. Did that hit his own man? Yes it did.
05:44 Libertador is also in this group. Group H. River Plate still 2-0 up away at Nacional.
05:52 Here they come. Roque Santa Cruz finishes with an incisive finish with the inside of the left foot.
06:01 Another goal out of absolutely nothing.
06:05 18 yard box. Here he is. You see him just holding his run.
06:12 I think he's held himself on side.
06:15 And as the challenge comes in he just sweeps home with the inside of the left foot.
06:21 Credit Roque Santa Cruz.
06:24 They were formed way back January 11th 1974. I'll let you do the maths on that one.
06:32 Here go Libertad Franco. Gets a little right footed toe poke. Can't quite guide it past Camargo.
06:39 Tachira. They've been in the Primera DivisiĆ³n in Venezuela since 1990.
06:46 Keeping a little eye on that game for you. So you can fully focus on this.
06:52 Long range shot. Out of nothing. Strikes the upright.
06:59 Sanabria has worked his way into the game in the last 25 minutes.
07:04 But here comes Tachira off the back of that great effort.
07:09 Strike with the left peg. Oh no. The wrong option. No wonder Sarrago holds his head in his hands.
07:19 He's laid in nicely. He's got to go across the goalkeeper. He strikes the ball.
07:25 He tries to hit it with the laces but it hits the outside of the left foot.
07:28 Skews off the left boot. And always going wide. You can see the spin on it.
07:32 Rolls the ball nicely with the sole of his left foot.
07:36 Clip ball through to Franco. Franco hooks on. Great move from Libertad.
07:44 The ball comes down. It takes a deflection. Franco. Franco. What can he do?
07:50 It's quite theatrical refereeing here even though the game's not even going on.
07:56 There's a penalty check occurring.
08:00 Oh and he's going over to the screen.
08:02 But you just sense that if the referee's being called over, there's going to be some arm gestures.
08:11 And it is a penalty kick. Final decision penalty.
08:16 The whistle goes. The stutter. The run up. The finish. The save.
08:28 The crowd goes into raptures here at the Sacred Temple.
08:34 Here's the penalty. The penalty miss. Give Camargo some credit.
08:41 Epinoza tries to go down the middle as Camargo's diving to his left.
08:47 And Camargo just throws up a right leg. That's good goalkeeping. I love that.
08:52 You see it there. He's committed Camargo. He's gone to his right.
08:58 Ball lofted in. Franco goes up.
09:01 Right footed strike from the edge of the box.
09:05 And Rivas goes again. He wanted the ball played through.
09:08 There's Rivas. See him playing as a centre forward in the centre of your screen with his arm aloft.
09:13 Oh!
09:17 He's stooped.
09:21 Got some good...
09:26 And there it is. With a flourish of his whistle and a raise of his arms,
09:31 our referee signifies the end of the match here in San Cristobal, Venezuela
09:40 at the Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo.
09:44 [Music]