Tacuary - Nacional

Paraguay Primera Division, Apertura

Not getting my hopes up for this match. With the way both teams have been performing so far, I think that the neutral supporters should consider themselves lucky to see a maximum of 2 goals. Tacuary used an ultra-defensive strategy against the two giants, Cerro and Guarani, and haven't lost any of those matches, so that probably convinced the manager to try it again with Nacional, who can be an uncomfortable team if they have space to play. So Tacuary will likely try to close all those spaces, crowding their defense, and leaving only one striker up front, in hopes of a lucky counter. Nacional will most likely be the lead act of the game, but as seen last match against Independiente, they pretty much suck at putting pressure on their opponents, as after taking the lead, they did nothing else, just sitting back and waiting for Independiente (and that almost cost them, Independiente missing a penalty in the closing minutes). So I can see the 0-0 lasting for quite a while here, and even if someone scores, the game shouldn't open up: if Nacional scores, Tacuary will have to attack, a thing that they're not really good at, while if Tacuary scores first, those few spaces they may leave will close even more. GL!

under 2.5 goals @ 1.78, 4/10

Result: 0-1, WON