Video: With Argentineans Pons and Arregui, DIM goes back on his visit to Guaireña in Paraguay

The group stage of the 2022 Conmebol Sudamericana Cup continued for the representatives of Colombia on the afternoon of this Thursday, April 7, with the confrontation between Guairena FC and Deportivo Independiente Medellín (DIM) at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asunción in Paraguay.

The match between the Paraguayan and Antioquian squad began at 7:30pm Colombian time and these were the payrolls of both teams in the Group E duel where International de Porto Alegre and 9 de Octubre FC of Ecuador are also present:

GUAIRENA FC: 4-4-2 (DT: Trodio Duarte)

Hector Espinola; Aquilino Gimenez, Miguel Paniagua, Jordan Santacruz, Joel Jimenez; Richard Salinas, Rosalino Toledo, Juan Aguilar, Mario Otazu; Pablo Ayala, Yeiber Murillo.

DIM: 4-1-4-1 (DT: Julio Avelino Comesaña)

Luis Vasquez; Juan Guillermo Arboleda, Victor Moreno, Andres Cadavid, German Gutierrez; Javier Mendez; Juan Mosquera, David Loaiza, Adrian Arregui, Jaen Pineda; Luciano Pons.

Wearing his uniform completely red, the Poderoso de la Montaña team had possession of the ball in the first five minutes until a lethal loss of the ball by left back Germán Gutierrez, who left the ball served for Guaireña to go against with numerical superiority through Richard Salinas and Pablo Ayala, assistator of the goal.

Immediately, the Paraguayan team took advantage and with a strong left-footed shot by Mario Otazú, the score opened at the 6th minute of the match as follows:

In the 9th minute, Medellín tried to score and had his first clear chance at Juan Mosquera's feet after a diagonal pass by David Loaiza in which the local goalkeeper finally showed off:

The most effective reaction of the paisa team came in the 32nd minute in a deep ball sent by David Loaiza that was left to Argentine center forward Luciano Pons.

After the error in the score and the clearance of the premises, Pons finished off the nearest club and broke goalkeeper Hector Espínola's goal for the partial 1-1.

Medellin suffered the loss of its central defender Victor Moreno in the 37th minute of the engagement. Immediately, Comesaña modified its tactical scheme to give Felipe Pardo in attack, given that Guaireña did not generate danger or have the ball again.

Pipe entered at the best moment for the red team and connected the attack scheme for Pons to register an assist to his compatriot Adrián Arregui in the 38th minute who shook the goal with a right hand impossible to save for Espínola. This is how the partial 1-2 was given before the break:

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