MERLO, Argentina (Interstat) — Sportivo Italiano defeated Argentino de Merlo 2-1 on Sunday at Estadio Juan Carlos Brieva, using second-half goals from Facundo Gomez and Pablo Caceres to secure the result. Gomez opened the scoring in the 64th minute, and Caceres doubled the lead in the 80th. Argentino de Merlo answered in the fifth minute of stoppage time but could not find an equalizer. Caceres played the full 90 minutes and scored once, while Gomez scored once before being substituted in the 78th minute. Sportivo Italiano made earlier substitutions in the 21st, 57th and 59th minutes before two more in the 78th. Argentino de Merlo made changes in the 61st, 74th, 74th, 89th and 89th minutes, and T. Jerez received a yellow card in the 90th. Sportivo Italiano improved to 2-0 in the competition and 2-0 across all competitions. Argentino de Merlo dropped to 0-2 in the competition and 0-2 overall.