Tempone’s 87th-minute goal restores Independiente’s lead

How did Independiente win 2-1 after Deportivo Riestra equalised? Felipe Tempone restored the hosts’ lead one minute after Alexander Díaz had made it 1-1, completing a decisive late turnaround at Libertadores de America.

Tempone answers Díaz’s equaliser

Independiente opened the scoring in the 11th minute when Mateo Pérez Curci made it 1-0, assisted by Josias Palais. Riestra responded in the 86th minute through Díaz, with Tomás González providing the assist for the 1-1 score.

Tempone then struck in the 87th minute to put Independiente back in front at 2-1. Juan Fedorco supplied the assist. Díaz had entered for Agustín Graneros in the 70th minute, while Tempone replaced Palais in the 60th minute, linking both late scorers to important changes.

Riestra’s numbers outweighed the scoreline

The statistics showed a contest in which Riestra created more attacking volume. They attempted 16 shots to Independiente’s nine, including 11 shots inside the box against seven, and recorded expected goals of 1.34 compared with Independiente’s 1.1. Riestra also had four shots on goal to three.

Independiente held 52% possession and completed 227 accurate passes, compared with 48% possession and 183 accurate passes for Riestra. Their goalkeeper made three saves, while Riestra’s goalkeeper made one.

Jonathan Goitia, Sebastian Valdez and Nicolas Watson were booked, producing three yellow-card events in total. There were no red cards.

Clausura position improves for Independiente

Independiente moved to 23 points from 16 Clausura - Group A matches and are provisionally sixth, 10 points behind leaders Instituto Cordoba. Riestra stayed on 12 points from 16 matches, with their position dependent on tie-breakers. A. Díaz was the highest-rated player at 8.0, scoring once and recording one shot on target in 20 minutes.