Saints fight to keep midfielder Piatti for final


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 06 Aug 2014

Ignacio Piatti of Argentina's San Lorenzo celebrates a goal against Brazil's Cruzeiro during their Copa Libertadores quarterfinal second leg soccer match in Belo Horizonte May 14, 2014. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The interruption the World Cup forced on the Libertadores Cup means that San Lorenzo may be without attacking midfielder Ignacio Piatti for the second leg of the final against Nacional of Paraguay.

Nacional host the first leg on Wednesday (0115 BST Thursday) at the Defensores del Chaco in Asuncion where Piatti has permission from his new MLS club Montreal Impact to play for the Argentine favourites.

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