CD Magallanes returned this Thursday to the Copa Libertadores, after a 37-year absence, with a clear and deserved 3-0 victory over the Bolivians from always ready, team where its new and unexpected star, the Ivorian international, debuted Wilfred Bony, signed two weeks ago.
The previous to Swansea, Stoke City and Manchester City he could do nothing in the nearly 20 minutes in which he stepped onto the grass of the El Teniente de Rancagua stadium, 90 kilometers south of the capital, where the Marcelino Nunez they are a storm, returning to the fluid and direct play that made them so happy last season.
The academy, which in 2022 is a member of the second division and surprisingly won the cup and of Chilean Super Cuphe even allowed himself the luxury of failing with a maximum penalty that would have ended a result that was already very favorable for the second leg, which will be played next week in La Paz.
The match began in rhythm, with the home team determined to find the opposite goal, and a sheltered visiting squad, confined to the counterattack, leaving one of its scorers, the Argentine, on the bench. Marcos Riquelme.
Anchored in the intelligence of Tomas Aranguizthe blue and whites quickly pulled out their roots: in the 21st minute, and after a corner kick, Cristian Vilches He fished out a rebound on the edge of a slight breeze and brought delirium to the stands and the bench, where Nuñez went wild with Magallanes’ first international goal in 37 years.
Barely 12 minutes later, the centre-back again dressed as a hero, this time in his own area, relentlessly cutting in a brilliant counter as the visiting bench was already celebrating a draw.
The Magellanic cyclone flared up in the second half despite that fact Julio Baldivieso decided to move the game and introduce two of his best quality people in the attack: the aforementioned Riquelme and the Ivorian international, who at 34 years old and after an extensive career that led him to play Brazil World Cup 2014, he made his debut in a club in South America.
In four minutes, Carlos Villanueva He took it alone, shot but the ball was cleared off the line by an Albirrojo defender on his way to the net.
Almost ten years later, with the equipment, a play by Felipe Flores It went to the VAR monitor. However, the striker himself wasted the opportunity to further extend the lead from the penalty area.
The mistake did not damage the locals, who maintained their rhythm, possession and calmness despite the attempts of the Bolivians to stretch in search of a goal defended by Gaston Rodríguez which was also providential five minutes later with Riquelme’s best chance to equalize.
Until the 80’s, vilches he again beat the white-and-red defense with a header from a corner; his header was cleared on the line by a defender but the rebound went in favor of Fernando Piñero, who sent the ball into the net.
Amidst the madness, with the stands alight with joy, Bony had an option to level the score but his only flash went just wide of the crossbar.
As the electronic clock ticked off the end of regulation 90 minutes, Jorquera waved his wand and gave a great assist to Marcelo Fillawho came from the bench, to define the same skill and close the score to 3-0 offering the academy the possibility of continuing to advance in the Copa Libertadores.
Source: La Verdad
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