Liga de Quito reached the Copa Sudamericana final on Wednesday by beating Argentine Defensa y Justicia 3-0 in the first leg of the semifinals, a victory that went on track with a double from the veteran Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero, 39 years oldin the first half.
Guerrero scored at 17 and 42 minutes, while the Argentine Lucas Ezequiel Piovi He closed the numbers, in the 88th minute, with a solemn shot from outside the area.
With no second leg in Argentina, the comfortable victory allows the Liga Deportiva Universitaria to dream of playing in a Sudamericana final again, a tournament it already won in 2009, while it was also a finalist in 2011.
The pressure with which Liga came out with opposing goals left Defensa y Justicia with no reaction, which ended up hiding in its own area and conceding corner kicks in the face of the siege of the team led by the Argentine Luis Zubeldia.
Dominance translates into purpose
Liga dominance paid off with Guerrero’s first goal, which was in front of goal Enrique Bologna He finished a header down the left side.
The goal further fired up the home team and continued to hammer the opposition defense, unable to find the formula to stop the hateful dominance.
The warrior attacked again
This is how Guerrero’s second came, with an exit from the right side at high speed. Sebastian Gonzalez who made a change of front for Leonel Quiñónez, and he delayed the ball so that The Peruvian pierced the rival goal with an accurate shot.
Due to the continuation of the match, the Quito team insisted on attacks from both sides, including José Quintero and Leonel Quiñónez. Possession of the ball continued to be almost exclusively the possession of the home owner, but there was less pressure on the Bologna goal.
Defense and Justice is the reaction
Defensa y Justicia came out of its confinement around 60 minutes, taking advantage of the fact that the venue began to reduce the pressure. The income of Gabriel Alanis and Gonzalo Castelli, instead of David Barbona and Santiago Solari, he gave new energy in the visiting game, but did not generate any clear scoring opportunities.
Gastón Togni broke away from José Quintero’s guard and finished for a goal, which With the effort he was able to deny goalkeeper Alexander Domínguez, at minute 69. Then, a shot by Julián López destined for a goal was intercepted by Facundo Rodríguez.
Great goal from 35 meters
And in an action that seemed to have no danger for the goal of Bologna finished with the Ecuadorian team’s third goalwith a violent shot at mid-height, from about 35 meters, from Argentinian Piovi, that leaves a very difficult tie for the Argentine team, who return home next Wednesday in the second leg.
League of Quito
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defense and justice
League of Quito: Alexander Dominguez; José Quintero, Ricardo Adé, Facundo Rodríguez, Leonel Quiñónez; Lucas Piovi, Mauricio Martínez (m.75, Oscar Zambrano), Renato Ibarra (m.75, Lisandro Alzugaray), Sebastián González (m.83, Bryan Ramírez); Jhojan Julio and Paolo Guerrero.
Instructor: Luis Zubeldía.
Defense and Justice: Enrique Bologna; Darío Cáceres, Julián Malatini, Santiago Ramos, Alexis Soto; Nicolás Tripichio, Julián López, David Barbona (d.62, Gonzalo Castellani), Gastón Togni; Santiago Solari (m.62, Gabriel Alanis) (m.81, Jonathan Berón) and Lucas Pratto (m.81, Facundo Echevarría).
Instructor: Julio Vaccari.
Goals: 1-0, m.17: Paolo Guerrero. 2-0, m.42: Paolo Guerrero. 3-0, m.88: Lucas Ezequiel Piovi.
Referee: Raphael Claus, from Brazil, assisted by his compatriots Bruno Pires and Rafael Alves, advised Barbona (m.35).
Incidents: First leg for the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana, played at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito.
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Source: La Verdad
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