Free Valley his passport was stamped this Wednesday in the final of South American Cup after defeating Melgar 0-3 in the city of Arequipa in an intense match that resulted in two goals from the Argentine Lautaro Diaz and another one at Louis Segovia.
The ‘Matagigantes’ confirmed the widespread favoritism that gave him the identical 3-0 he had in the first leg, and he is ready to play his second South American final, after which he won in 2019 in Colon Argentine, this time against the winner of the key that will be determined by the Brazilians this Thursday São Paulo Y Atlético Goianense.
Diaz became the figure of the Ecuadorian team, scoring two goals in counterattacks, at 28 and 53, while Segovia He closed out the win with a powerful right hand in 87.
in the stadium of Arequipathe Ecuadorians showed a solid defensive game and good tactical disposition to thwart the offensive attempts of Melgarwho showed just as much nerves in his attempt to reduce the numbers of the first game.
With the pressure on the shoulders of the hosts, Independiente showed a lot of solvency to fight the balls in the midfield and cut off the creative attempts of Reyna, Perez Guedes and Quevedowho tried to find the middle and the edges Iberian and Cuesta.
at 6, Queen sent in a cross from the left that goalkeeper Ramírez was able to divert at the last moment as Iberico came in, after which Deneumostier He connected a well-advised header into the hands of the Ecuadorian goalkeeper.
In an announcement of what happens next, Diaz Caused, at 12, the first hot flash for the locals, when he overflowed to the left and sent a cross shot past the goalkeeper. Cacada, but he hit a local defense to go to the corner kick.
Melgar He had the main options at the foot of the Iberico, which even saw a goal was not allowed due to an advanced position and in the following opportunities he lost to the solvency of the goalkeeper Ramírez.
Although the locals controlled the action for 20 minutes, they looked imprecise with the final pass and suffered from scorer Cuesta’s decision to leave the area to try to collaborate in creating the play.
In response, appeared Diaz at 28 to silence thousands of Melgar fans with a low shot that went between the goalkeeper’s legs Caceda after receiving a pass from Sornoza.
From that moment, the locals felt the blow and had only one clear choice Costwhich was nullified by another advanced position, while Independiente advanced their lines to regain control of the midfield and launch powerful counterattacks.
The pace of the game was maintained from the beginning of the second half, when Caceda he prevented another fall from his goal by blocking with great effort a powerful shot by Faravelli, a pass from Díaz.
However, Peru’s goalkeeper could do little as Díaz reappeared on 53 minutes to cement his goalscoring credentials with a cross shot from the right that sealed the fate of the match, despite the fact that Melgar to reduce negative results at home. .
When 87 minutes were played, Segovia he advanced from the center at full speed and sent a towering shot from the area line to put the icing on the cake of Independiente del Valle’s qualification for the final.
Data sheet:
0. Melgar: Carlos Caceda; Alejandro Ramos, Alec Deneumostier, Leonel Galeano, Paolo Reyna; Horacio Orzán, Alexis Arias, Martín Pérez Guedes (m.61, Kenji Cabrera), Kevin Quevedo (m.61, Walter Tandazo); Luis Iberico (m.73, Johnny Vidales) and Bernardo Cuesta.
coaches: Pablo Lavalle.
3. Valley Independent: Moises Ramirez; Mateo Carabajal, Richard Shuncke, Luis Segovia; Matías Fernández, Marco Angulo (m.59, Fernando Gaibor), Cristian Pellerano (m.66, Joao Ortíz), Lorenzo Faravelli (m.78, Patrick Mercado), Jhoanner Chávez; Júnior Sornoza (m.78, Danny Cabezas) and Lautaro Díaz (m.66, Jonathan Bauman).
coaches: Martin Anselmi.
The objectives: 0-1, m.28: Lautaro Diaz. 0-2, m.53: Lautaro Diaz. 0-3, m:87: Segovia.
Referee: Argentine Fernando Rapallini showed yellow cards to Marco Angulo, Horacio Orzán, Kevin Quevedo and Deneumostier,
Incidents: The second leg of the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana was played before 40,000 people at the Monumental stadium of the San Agustín National University of Arequipa (UNSA), located 1,179 kilometers south of Lima.
Source: La Verdad
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