Olimpia will play in the Copa Libertadores group stage; Fluminense and Mario Pineida, not

the archer Uruguayan Gaston Olveira saved 2 penalties against Fluminense in the defining round (4-1) and qualified the Paraguayan Olympia to the series of groups Libertadores Cup in a dramatic game played on Wednesday at the Chaco Defenders Stadium.

The Ecuadorian plays in the Brazilian team mario pineidawho entered the 85th minute to replace Germán Cano.

Olimpia, three-time champion of the Libertadores, defeated “Flu” in a dramatic way in normal time 2-0, the last goal scored after 89 minutes of play.

In the first leg, the Cariocas won 3-1, a result that forced them to resolve the dispute from the sentencing point.

The first two shots, William and Philip Melo They were covered by the Montevideo goalkeeper Olveira. The third, of Andre it did not serve the Fluzao before the effectiveness of the Paraguayans who scored through Hugo Quintana, Nestor Camacho, Richard Ortiz and Derlis Gonzalez to complete 4-1.

In regular time their forwards scored for Olimpia Jorge Recalde (37) and William Paiva (89).

The first was an assist from the attacker Fernando Cardoso who made a center from the middle that was connected from right to left by the Uruguayan Alejandro Silva with a header, for a definition also with a header from Jorge Recalde.

The second conquest, in the midst of the drama of the imminent end of regular time, came after an incursion to the right by Derlis Gonzalez who cleared the way to make a center that the striker finished off with a slap Nestor Camacho and found William Paiva in the middle of the area who touched the ball to beat goalkeeper Fabio.

The second conquest made the stadium explode, almost full with the presence of some 38,000 spectators, some 1,500 of them Brazilians.

Felipe Melo had warned

The “cacique” of the Brazilians, the steering wheel Philip Melo had warned that the mission in the Paraguayan capital was not going to be easy for the group led by Abel Bragaan experienced in the decisive instances of the Cup (he made Inter de Porto Alegre champion in the Libertadores and in the Interclubes).

The Paraguayans, with 7 finals in the Libertadores, sought from the beginning the victory they needed to reach the penalties against a faded Brazilian team that, except for a few sparks, did not convince to award the classification on merit.

Braga’s team had a magnificent opportunity to score in the 75th minute, squandered by the soda man Teixeira due to a providential intervention by Uruguayan goalkeeper Olveira when the Brazilian had the entire goal at his mercy.

The occasion originated in an error of the defense Antolin Alcaraz who lost the ball in the middle area.

With 10 remaining to finish the match, defender Nino fouled the Olympic attacker Néstor Camacho who entered the area with danger. The referee sent off the player after 80 minutes and took a free kick that had no consequence.

All the meat to the grill

With one more man Paraguayan coach Julio César Cáceres He put all the meat on the grill at 83 minutes ordering three changes to find the goal that was missing.

So much was the pitcher to the source that in the end the arch of the “Flu” was broken with the agonizing goal of William Paiva at 89 minutes of play.

The cariocas arrived visibly affected by the penalty shootout and the shots of their two main penalty takers were spectacularly contained by Olveira, the hero of the day.

The performers of the “King of Cups” were 100 x 100 effective and they no longer needed to take the last shot from the judgment pointto celebrate in an unrestrained way the classification with his public that filled the football coliseum. (D)