A bizarre match in Asunción hinged on a power outage that saw River Plate, seemingly on the brink of defeat, roar back under the restored power of the floodlights and claim a 3-1 win over Libertad. Claudio Vargas’ stunning long range strike gave the Paraguayan side a deserved advantage and at the moment that Rodrigo López was about to take a penalty to double the lead, the lights went out. Eventually play resumed and López missed the opportunity, prompting a River comeback. Carlos Sánchez equalised from close range before youngsters, Sebastián Druissi and Gio Simeone expertly finished from one-on-one situations. River’s unbeaten streak is now 25 matches and a place in the Copa Sudamericana Quarter Final now looks an inevitability.
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