San Lorenzo (ARG) vs Liverpool (URY) | DESTACADOS Copa Libertadores | 05/16/2024 | beIN SPORTS ENG
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00:00 [crowd noise]
00:05 The most prestigious continental club competition in all of South America,
00:10 the Copa Libertadores, and a huge night for both Liverpool and San Lorenzo.
00:16 They are tied on points in Group F, so whoever wins this matchup in Buenos Aires
00:21 will move into sole possession of the final qualifying spot for the knockout rounds.
00:27 Leandro Romanoli in.
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00:36 Cuello misses Berrios with his pass.
00:39 [crowd noise]
00:41 Now back for it, Kevin Amaro.
00:44 Berrios again, looking for space, and a lane, and a shot!
00:47 Hits the underside of the bar, on the rebound, they score!
00:51 Ivan Leguizamo gets the goal in the first five minutes that puts San Lorenzo ahead 1-0 here in Buenos Aires.
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01:10 [shouting]
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01:13 21-year-old from Paraguay in his third year with the club.
01:18 He saw the opportunity as the ball hit the underside of the bar,
01:21 and he just flat-out beat the defender, Augustin Cayetano, to that ball.
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01:29 And just heads it into the net with the keeper.
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01:33 Garciaga still down. He wasted no time, jumped on it right away.
01:39 Leguizamo, who came through the youth academy here with San Lorenzo,
01:43 now in his third year with the senior side.
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01:49 Their pressure is paying off here.
01:51 Nerala lines it up, he'll blast it over the top.
01:54 Comes down to Berrios, and then Guendo cuts it back.
01:59 [crowd noise]
02:06 Now stolen by Diego Garcia.
02:08 [crowd noise]
02:11 After a quick restart here, the keeper heads it out,
02:14 and then it's played back in on the rebound,
02:17 and Liverpool have tied the game through Diego Garcia.
02:21 A wild sequence after the restart,
02:24 and the 27-year-old in his first year with Liverpool
02:27 has leveled up here in Buenos Aires.
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02:42 There's a throw in, and just not a good ball back to the keeper.
02:48 Gaston Gomez tries to head it out,
02:51 and then Garcia taking advantage of the open net.
02:56 [crowd noise]
02:58 And it is a 1-1 here at the Estadio Pedro Bidegai.
03:03 [crowd noise]
03:16 Leg was on ball.
03:18 [whistle]
03:20 Set to deliver, he's going to run over it instead.
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03:26 Come to Berrios who lines it up.
03:28 It's blocked.
03:30 And then out for the game's first corner kick.
03:33 [crowd noise]
03:39 This man headed just up and over the goal.
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04:02 And now there is some daylight out there on that right-hand side.
04:05 Leg was up on all the move.
04:07 He's got a man to his right.
04:09 He's up, curls it back in for Berrios, who misses at that far post.
04:14 [crowd noise]
04:16 Pace on the counter.
04:18 It's a good cut back here.
04:20 Finding Berrios all the way at the other side.
04:23 [crowd noise]
04:25 He would have liked to do better with this.
04:27 A one-timer.
04:29 Well off target.
04:32 Diagonal ball for Alexis Cuello.
04:36 And he's able to turn the corner here.
04:38 Cuello flips it through.
04:41 And he scores!
04:43 A sensational goal by Alexis Cuello of San Lorenzo in extra time.
04:51 Here at the end of the first half, and San Lorenzo has their second lead of the night in Buenos Aires.
04:57 [crowd noise]
05:05 Oh, what an individual effort.
05:08 First to bring it down beats one man.
05:11 Gets by a second.
05:14 And then goes short side.
05:16 Beating Garciaga.
05:19 Three different defenders had an opportunity to stop him.
05:24 But Alexis Cuello, the 24-year-old with the second goal of the competition, first year in San Lorenzo.
05:32 They scored in the first five minutes.
05:35 Now in the last two minutes of stoppage time here in the first half.
05:39 Back out to the lead now, 2-1.
05:42 And now we've reached halftime.
05:45 And San Lorenzo with a 2-1 lead.
05:49 Goals from Ivan Leguizamo and Alexis Cuello.
05:54 Bracketing the tally from Diego Garcia.
05:57 [crowd noise]
06:02 Second half from the Estadio Pedro Didecai.
06:06 San Lorenzo the 2-1 lead over Liverpool.
06:10 If it would end this way, San Lorenzo would move up into second place in Group F with one game left to go.
06:17 And they would be in a good spot to get that final position in the knockout round.
06:25 They've got three more matches in the Apertura right now where they currently sit in seventh place.
06:32 Game off San Lorenzo.
06:34 They finished in tenth in the first phase domestically in Argentina.
06:38 And lost the opener in the second phase on match day one this past weekend.
06:44 The flick finds Barrios.
06:46 Now Cuello.
06:48 [crowd noise]
07:05 That's a perfectly played ball.
07:07 And we are tied at two in Buenos Aires.
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07:13 A scintillating delivery.
07:17 And a calm and poised finish by Luciano Rodriguez.
07:22 And Liverpool once again answers here.
07:26 And levels with San Lorenzo.
07:29 [crowd noise]
07:34 Oh what a pass.
07:37 And Rodriguez losing his marker.
07:40 A 20 year old in his second year, his second goal of the competition.
07:45 From Montevideo, playing in his hometown.
07:48 Won the under 20 World Cup just a year ago with Uruguay.
07:53 And now here he is in the top club competition in South American football.
07:59 [crowd noise]
08:06 This is Diego Garcia.
08:08 [crowd noise]
08:11 Curls it in.
08:12 Keeper comes out.
08:13 And it's headed clear for a corner kick.
08:17 Oh no, it's like, I believe it's going to be a goal kick instead maybe.
08:23 Let's see.
08:26 Ferreira.
08:28 Low line drive.
08:30 Now from the top of the 18.
08:32 Couldn't get over the top of it.
08:34 And the shot goes high by Breda.
08:38 [crowd noise]
08:57 For their third lead of the night.
09:01 And a terrific save made by Garcia.
09:05 Here's Arala.
09:07 That's blocked and it's going to go off for a corner kick.
09:10 Two more.
09:12 With everything that's happened in the second half.
09:15 Ferreira.
09:16 Curls it in.
09:18 And it's headed in.
09:20 Oh a seismic strike by Campi here.
09:25 With four minutes left to go.
09:27 And San Lorenzo leads for the third time tonight.
09:30 [crowd noise]
09:47 That's Todd Campi.
09:49 With the biggest goal of his season.
09:52 The 33-year-old in his third year from Argentina after stops in Turkey,
09:58 Portugal, Chile.
10:00 He's found a home here in his native Argentina with San Lorenzo.
10:05 And he gives them their third lead of this game.
10:15 Climbing the walls.
10:20 San Lorenzo on the verge of their biggest win of the year.
10:23 Trying to cement it here.
10:26 That close to a two-goal lead.
10:33 Our referee getting an indication of something from VAR here.
10:38 We're past the 100-minute mark.
10:40 And now it is over.
10:42 San Lorenzo with a signature milestone victory.
10:46 For the first time this year, they scored three goals in a single game.
10:50 They win for the second time in Group F.
10:53 And they leap up into second place with one game left to go in the group phase
10:58 of the Copa Libertadores.
11:00 [music]