CONMEBOL Libertadores

Argentinos Juniors vs Liverpool, 2023 CONMEBOL Libertadores, Group Stage

· CONMEBOL Libertadores
Argentinos Juniors
  • 61': Leonardo Heredia
  • 90'+5': Lucas Villalba
FT
2 - 1
Liverpool
  • 50': Rubén Betancourt (P)

About

Argentinos Juniors are hosting Liverpool at Diego Armando Maradona, Buenos Aires, Argentina, starting on . The match is a part of the CONMEBOL Libertadores.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Santiago Montiel (Argentinos Juniors) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Franco Moyano.
  • 4': Foul by Federico Pereira (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 4': Gabriel Ávalos (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Offside, Argentinos Juniors. Lucas Villalba tries a through ball, but Gabriel Ávalos is caught offside.
  • 10': Corner, Argentinos Juniors. Conceded by Miguel Samudio.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Kevin Mac Allister (Argentinos Juniors) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Franco Moyano with a cross.
  • 11': Corner, Argentinos Juniors. Conceded by Federico Pereira.
  • 12': Corner, Argentinos Juniors. Conceded by Federico Pereira.
  • 14': Foul by Gonzalo Nápoli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 14': Francisco González (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Delay in match because of an injury Federico Redondo (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 16': Delay in match because of an injury Gonzalo Pérez (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 18': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 21': Foul by Federico Pereira (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 21': Gabriel Ávalos (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Marcelo Meli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 23': Santiago Montiel (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 23': Marcelo Meli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 26': Corner, Liverpool FC (Montevideo). Conceded by Franco Moyano.
  • 30': Foul by Kevin Mac Allister (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 30': Gonzalo Nápoli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Foul by Federico Redondo (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 32': Gonzalo Nápoli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 33': Foul by Gonzalo Nápoli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 33': Kevin Mac Allister (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Ávalos (Argentinos Juniors) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Redondo.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Alan Rodríguez (Argentinos Juniors) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Francisco González.
  • 39': Federico Redondo (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 39': Foul by Gonzalo Nápoli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Francisco González (Argentinos Juniors) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Redondo.
  • 45': Foul by Kevin Mac Allister (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 45': Rubén Bentancourt (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Rubén Bentancourt (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alan Medina.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Marcelo Meli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Argentinos Juniors 0, Liverpool FC (Montevideo) 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Argentinos Juniors 0, Liverpool FC (Montevideo) 0.
  • 47': Corner, Liverpool FC (Montevideo). Conceded by Santiago Montiel.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Marcelo Meli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
  • 47': Penalty conceded by Lucas Villalba (Argentinos Juniors) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 48': Lucas Villalba (Argentinos Juniors) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 50': Goal! Argentinos Juniors 0, Liverpool FC (Montevideo) 1. Rubén Bentancourt (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 51': Foul by Federico Redondo (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 51': Gonzalo Nápoli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Delay in match because of an injury Gonzalo Nápoli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 54': Alan Medina (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 54': Foul by Francisco González (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 55': Substitution, Argentinos Juniors. Gastón Verón replaces Federico Redondo.
  • 55': Substitution, Argentinos Juniors. Leonardo Heredia replaces Javier Cabrera.
  • 58': Foul by Federico Pereira (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 58': Gabriel Ávalos (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 60': Foul by Miguel Torrén (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 60': Rubén Bentancourt (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Francisco González (Argentinos Juniors) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Mac Allister.
  • 61': Goal! Argentinos Juniors 1, Liverpool FC (Montevideo) 1. Leonardo Heredia (Argentinos Juniors) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Francisco González.
  • 63': Foul by Gastón Martirena (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 63': Franco Moyano (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 63': Gastón Martirena (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Alan Rodríguez (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 65': Foul by Rubén Bentancourt (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 65': Rubén Bentancourt (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Leonardo Heredia (Argentinos Juniors) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gastón Verón.
  • 66': Foul by Leonardo Heredia (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 66': Gastón Martirena (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Corner, Liverpool FC (Montevideo). Conceded by Lucas Villalba.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Juan Izquierdo (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Pereira with a headed pass.
  • 68': Juan Izquierdo (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 68': Miguel Torrén (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Corner, Liverpool FC (Montevideo). Conceded by Santiago Montiel.
  • 70': Foul by Santiago Montiel (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 70': Gonzalo Nápoli (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 71': Substitution, Liverpool FC (Montevideo). Martín Barrios replaces Lucas Lemos.
  • 72': Delay in match because of an injury Alexis Martín Arias (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 74': Foul by Federico Pereira (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 74': Santiago Montiel (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Miguel Torrén (Argentinos Juniors) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Gastón Verón (Argentinos Juniors) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Santiago Montiel with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Alan Rodríguez (Argentinos Juniors) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Ávalos.
  • 79': Substitution, Argentinos Juniors. José Herrera replaces Gabriel Ávalos.
  • 82': Corner, Argentinos Juniors. Conceded by Gonzalo Pérez.
  • 84': Delay in match because of an injury Rubén Bentancourt (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 85': Substitution, Liverpool FC (Montevideo). Matías Zunino replaces Marcelo Meli.
  • 85': Substitution, Liverpool FC (Montevideo). Renzo Machado replaces Rubén Bentancourt because of an injury.
  • 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Gastón Verón (Argentinos Juniors) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Francisco González.
  • 89': Hand ball by Martín Barrios (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 90': Substitution, Liverpool FC (Montevideo). Ignacio Rodríguez replaces Juan Izquierdo.
  • 90': Substitution, Liverpool FC (Montevideo). Rodrigo Rivero replaces Alan Medina.
  • 90'+1': Federico Pereira (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by José Herrera (Argentinos Juniors).
  • 90'+3': Foul by Matías Zunino (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)).
  • 90'+3': Santiago Montiel (Argentinos Juniors) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+3': Matías Zunino (Liverpool FC (Montevideo)) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Argentinos Juniors. Conceded by Federico Pereira.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Leonardo Heredia (Argentinos Juniors) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Franco Moyano with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Goal! Argentinos Juniors 2, Liverpool FC (Montevideo) 1. Lucas Villalba (Argentinos Juniors) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leonardo Heredia following a corner.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Argentinos Juniors 2, Liverpool FC (Montevideo) 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Argentinos Juniors 2, Liverpool FC (Montevideo) 1.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 10
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
4 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 2
27.6 Possession 72.4
5 SHOTS 14
3 ON GOAL 4
0.6 On Target % 0.3
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
146 Accurate Passes 517
225 Passes 593
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 6
11 Crosses 31
0.2 Cross % 0.2
56 Long Balls 52
21 Accurate Long Balls 37
0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
2 Blocked Shots 4
13 Effective Tackles 9
23 Tackles 15
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
6 Interceptions 5
27 Effective Clearances 11
27 Clearances 11

Game Information

Competition: CONMEBOL Libertadores

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Attendance: 1,136

CONMEBOL Libertadores Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Racing Club 6 +11 13
2 Fortaleza 6 +3 8
3 Bucaramanga 6 -4 6
4 Colo Colo 6 -10 5
Full Table

Line-Ups

ARGJ Argentinos Juniors (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
25 Alexis Arias (GK)
2 Miguel Torrén
6 Lucas Villalba Yellow Card
4 Kevin Mac Allister
17 Franco Moyano
5 Federico Redondo
18 Santiago Montiel
7 Marcelo Cabrera
9 Gabriel Ávalos
8 Alan Rodríguez
13 Francisco Gonzalez Metilli
Argentinos Juniors Substitutes:
Gastón Verón, Matías Vera, Mariano Bíttolo, Leonel González, Fabricio Domínguez, Leonardo Heredia, Marco Di Cesare, José Herrera, Pablo Minissale, Rodrigo Cabral, Luciano Sánchez, Federico Lanzillota.

LIV Liverpool (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Sebastian Britos Rodriguez (GK)
4 Gonzalo Pérez
3 Juan Izquierdo
6 Federico Pereira
11 Miguel Samudio
15 Gastón Martirena Yellow Card
26 Lucas Lemos
8 Gonzalo Napoli
17 Marcelo Meli Yellow Card
10 Alan Medina
23 Rubén Betancourt
Liverpool Substitutes:
Matías Zunino, Juan Dalies, Gervásio Olivera, Yordi López, Rafael Hornos, Nacho Rodríguez, Rodrigo Rivero, Matías Silva, Martín Barrios, Renzo Machado, Leandro Otormín, Maicol Cabrera.

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