Jonathan Wilson: Plenty of opportunites missed in initial leg of Libertadores final

[Jonathan Wilson]

It may have finished goalless, but the first leg of the Copa Libertadores final was about as far from two teams canceling each other out as it's possible to get. Penarol had conceded an average of just one goal per game in the knockout stage, packing men behind the ball and making a virtue of its defensive qualities, but while it kept a clean sheet, it was more to do with poor finishing and desperate defending from both sides than any great design. This was messy, enthralling, at times disjointed, and while a draw was probably a fair result, both sides will reflect on opportunities missed.

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