Prestianni smiles away from Benfica, thanks to Porto player | OneFootball

Gianluca Prestianni's Argentina defeated Australia 4-1, in the early hours of this Thursday, October 2, counting for the second round of Group D of the U20 World Cup. The match ended up being influenced by a club rival of the 'jersey 25' of the reds, who plays in Porto.

It was quickly noticeable that the albiceleste was superior to its Oceania rival and made its superiority known just three minutes into the meeting, through Alejo Sarco (1-0). Near the end of the first half, it was Porto's Tomás Pérez's turn to sign the 2-0 at 45 minutes, and leave the South American team more comfortable on the return to the locker rooms.

In the second half, a mistake by Santino Barbi allowed Daniel Bennie to reduce the lead to 2-1, at 69 minutes. After Gianluca Prestianni entered at 80', the Benfica player had the opportunity to see the Argentine team score heavily in stoppage time. Subiabre and Santino Andino closed the score at 4-1, scoring at 90+3' and 90+5'.

In this way, the albiceleste team leads Group D of the U20 World Cup with 6 points, three more than the second placed, Italy. The next match of the South American team will be precisely against the transalpines, in the early hours of Saturday to Sunday, October 5, at midnight.

This season, with the Benfica jersey, Gianluca Prestianni - valued at 8 million euros - played nine matches, before being called to represent Argentina: five in the Liga Portugal Betclic, three in the Champions League and one in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. In the 200 minutes he was on the pitch, the winger scored one goal (Tondela).

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