Former Colón man Leandro Allende debuted in Paraguay, nearly top bins | OneFootball

Just days before packing his bags and saying goodbye to Santa Fe, former Colón defender LeandroAllende made his official debut in Paraguayan football wearing the Guaraní shirt. The left back played his first minutes for a team filled with familiar faces, as former Unión players Patricio Tanda and Juan Manuel“Juanchón” García are also on the squad. His debut came in a 1-1 draw against SportivoAmeliano, a match that closed the seventh round of the Clausura2026 tournament in the SantísimaTrinidad neighborhood.

The match began with Guaraní controlling possession but lacking depth against an Ameliano side dressed in black as a tribute to recently deceased director Marcial León Areco. In the 15th minute, the blue “V” struck first: Raúl Cabral threaded a pass to Édgar Páez, who beat his marker down the left byline and set up CristhianOcampos to make it 1-0 with a left-footed strike from inside the six-yard box. Ameliano could have extended the lead later with a shot off the post by JesúsAbel Paredes.

From that point on, the “Aborigen” reacted, driven by its Argentine players. Around the half-hour mark came one of the afternoon’s biggest controversies, when former Unión man “Juanchón” García was brought down in the box by goalkeeper Ángel Sánchez after poking the ball past him, in a play that referee Derlis López and the VAR chose to ignore. Near the end of the first half, Allende showed his attacking intent by linking up with DiegoFernández and firing a powerful left-footed shot across goal that went just over the crossbar.

In the second half, Guaraní’s persistence paid off quickly. After a pass from Patricio Tanda, ArmandoMéndez sent in a pressured cross that, after a weak clearance, fell to Félix Llano. He laid it off to Matías López, who buried a precise shot into Sánchez’s top-right corner to seal the final 1-1, a result that leaves both teams stuck in the middle of the standings.

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