30 October 2009 / REUTERS, BUENOS AIRES
Independiente on Wednesday inaugurated its new stadium with a 3-2 win over 10-man Colon that dashed the visiting team’s hopes of going top of the Argentine Apertura championship.
Nestor Silvera scored the first goal at the Libertadores de America stadium, named after Independiente’s record seven South American club titles and erected in the same place as the old ground built in 1928, before Ignacio Piatti added two more. Silvera put Argentina’s Red Devils ahead in the 12th minute from Piatti’s layoff, but Federico Nieto equalized in the 35th for his seventh goal of the season. Midfielder Piatti gave Independiente a halftime lead when he ran through the defense to score in the 43rd and scored again in the 72nd in another breakaway, weaving past keeper Diego Pozo and defender Ariel Garce before shooting into the open net.