Things continue to get worse for Libertad. Down 1-0 at half they would have be happy enough to take that scoreline and go home for the second leg of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals in search of a two-goal win to advance. Instead, they gave away a penalty that made it 2-0 and now some beautiful attacking football by Velez, hesitant defending and poor goalkeeping has pushed that lead to 3-0 with Libertad looking sunk and Velez on to the semifinals.
Velez Sarsfield Vs. Libertad, 2011 Copa Libertadores: Velez Trouncing Libertad, 3-0
Velez broke quickly and got the ball to Juan Manuel Martinez, who scored the penalty for Velez. He played the ball to RIcardo Alvarez, who has been a handful and a half for Libertad and he proved to be once again. The exciting midfielder played a perfect ball back to Martinez who was in on goal and struck the ball with a ton of pace. As much pace as it had, it was right at Tobias Vargas. Vargas only got a weak hand to it though and the ball went over the line for what might be the nail in Libertad’s coffin.
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