With Eric Meza assist, Estudiantes beat Platense late in reserves duel | OneFootball

Estudiantes beat Platense 2-1 at the Jorge Luis Hirschi on Matchday 9 of the Clausura Tournament.

Both teams came into this afternoon’s match with their minds on the Copa Libertadores: Platense will try to overturn the 0-2 loss to Fluminense in Vicente López on Tuesday, while Estudiantes will visit Corinthians in São Paulo next Wednesday after the 1-1 draw in La Plata.

The home side decided to field almost an entirely backup lineup, with the exception of Santiago Núñez, one of its standout players, and suffered because of it. Platense outplayed them in the first half even though Adolfo Gaich opened the scoring after a cross from Cetré.

Five minutes later, Guido Mainero took advantage of a string of mistakes and made it 1-1, a fair scoreline through to halftime.

In the second half, Leandro González Pírez, Joaquín Correa, Guido Carrillo, and Alexis Castro came on and the Red-and-Whites looked completely different: Eric Meza twice, Joaquín Tobio Burgos, and Gabriel Neves all missed chances that would have given them the lead.

With the last one, the former Colón right-back brought it down for Carrillo, who smashed home a ferocious right-footed shot to make it 2-1 and spark wild celebrations at UNO ahead of the cup match.

The two sides will meet again on Thursday, October 1 in the Copa Argentina quarterfinals.

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