In Victoria, Tigre fell 1-0 this Thursday before Libertad of Paraguay at the match rematch of the Copa Sudamericana playoffs, and was eliminated of the tournament after losing the first leg in Asunción 2-1.
alexander barbozaformer defender of River Plate and Defense and Justice, scored for the team led by Daniel Garnero the only goal of the duel played at the José Della Giovanna stadium, north of the suburbs.
Forced to win by two goals to pass directly to the next instance, Tigre came out determined to risk and it came a couple of times in danger by way of Armoa.
But just before half an hour the one who opened the scoring was the visitorwhen After a corner taken by Melgarejo, Barboza headed the net. in the goal defended by Marinelli.
Being at a disadvantage hit those led by Juan Manuel Sara, who just before the break had another chance with Retegui, although he found a good response in the safe goalkeeper Martín Silva. In the reply, Villalba almost nailed the second for Libertad.
Already in the plugin, after a tough tackle by Lucas Menossi on Cardozo, the referee colombian rojas showed him a direct red card, but the VAR reviewed the play and in the end the local captain only linked a yellow.
It was hardly a consolation, because Libertad took care of the advantage, was left with the victory and in the round of 16 now awaits you at Fortaleza do Brasil.