S. America Under-20: Argentina eliminate Peru

January 24, 2009

Argentina clinched their first win of the South American Under-20 Championships in Venezuela, coming back from behind to beat Peru 2-1.

Peru had already lost their first two matches and only a miracle could help them at this point. The underdogs had a great start with Luis Trujillo opening the score after only three minutes.

But the Argentinians came back through Velez Sarsfield forward Jonathan Cristaldo in the 25th minute and Eduardo Salvio (Lanus) netted the winner with 14 minutes left to play.

Argentina now share second place in this group with Colombian, whom they are set to face on Sunday. Peru are out of contention and finish their tournament against Venezuela in two days from now.

Written by: Jonathan Roorda