Unión defeated Lanús this Sunday by 3-0 in Santa Fein the duel of teams that are in the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana and, therefore, used many of their usual substitutes.
With seven Sub 23 on the Santa Fe side and nine on the Garnet side, the victory for the locals thanks to goals from Daniel Juárez in the first half and from Imanol Machuca and Facundo Agüero in the second. Lanús, meanwhile, suffered the expulsion of Maximiliano González just before the string of tatengues goals, at 63 and 65 minutes.
The team led by the Uruguayan Gustavo Munúa got his second victory in a row, reached 10 points and received a boost to host Nacional, from Uruguay, on Tuesday for the second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana. The Santa Fe must come back from a 2-0 defeat in the first leg in Montevideo to qualify for the quarterfinals for the first time in their history.
By the side of Lanus (5 units)extended his bad present in the local tournament where he has already gone 13 games without winning as a visitor and a lot will be played in this Thursday’s rematch against Independiente del Valle. Jorge Almirón’s team has to reverse the series after falling 2-1 at Quito.