The Melgar of Arequipa and the Porto Alegre International tied this Thursday 0-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals of South American Cupfull of chances to score, especially for the Peruvians, who now have to wait for a victory in Brazil to continue making history this season.
Despite the 2,300 meter altitude of the southern Peruvian city of Arequipathe rivalry is fast paced and tense from start to finish and there are repeat opportunities for both casts.
The leading role, however, came from the team of Arequipa, although, despite being the local team, all efforts to sneak the ball into the impenetrable goal of the goalkeeper failed. Daniel.
Melgar, with the Argentine coach Pablo Lavalle on the bench after leaving Nestor Lorenzo to manage the Colombian team, he entered the field of play stomping and, in the first ten minutes, he already had at least three scoring opportunities.
The most obvious occasion was performed by Bernard Cuestaone of the best men in the first half of the game, with a header from the center of the area, but his shot was controlled by the rival goalkeeper.
The International did not hesitate to retaliate and threatened the arch of Melgar through Fabrizio Bustos.
The intensity of the onset of the crash began to decrease after twenty minutes, although the risk did not stop and, shortly before resting, Christian Bordacahar He almost made it 1-0 with his head after an assist from Alexander Ramos with a center in place.
The red and black dominated the first half, spurred on by fans who lit up the stadium with lights, but they lacked the flair to open the scoring before the break.
The second half went along the same lines: blow for blow, attack for counter attack.
It was only two minutes after the game restarted Alexis Arias warned the Brazilians by shooting at the goal from outside the area, but the goalkeeper Daniel risk removed.
The Brazilians tried to surprise with an aerial game and then with a shot from Carlos Penabut Peru’s defense deflected the ball.
Ten minutes from the final whistle, the goalkeeper Caceda saved the Peruvians from the clearest occasion in the Internacional, which came from the foot of the Edenilson Andrade.
The tension continued until the final minutes, with Internacional playing with ten men on the field after Uruguayan referee Andrés Matonte sent off Alexandre Alemao for a tackle on Arias.
The teams did not stop looking for the goal, but it did not come, so Melgar had to get a victory on August 11 in Beira-Rio Stadium, Porto Alegreif you want to continue making history this season.
– Data sheets:
0. Melgar: Carlos Cáceda, Alec Deneumostier, Matías Lazo (m.73, Johnny Vidales), Pablo Reyna, Alejandro Ramos, Martín Guedes (m.67, Joel Sánchez), Horacio Orzán, Alexis Arias, Kenji Cabrera (m.67, Kevin Quevedo) , Bernardo Cuesta and Cristian Bordacahar (m.50, Luís Ibérico).
0.International: Daniel de Sousa, Fabricio Bustos, Gabriel Mercado, Vitor Eduardo da Silva (Vitao), René Rodrigues, Gabriel Mercado, Edenilson Andrade, Carlos de Pena (m.84, Joao Cardoso), Mauricio Megalhaes (m.67, Alan Patrick), Wanderson Maciel Sousa (d.67, Pedro Henrique), Alexandre Alemao.
Referee: Uruguayan Andrés Matonte advised Alemao, Fabricio Bustos and Bernardo Cuesta.
Incidents: first leg of the quarterfinals of the South American Cup played at the Monumental Stadium of the National University of San Agustín (UNSA), in the Peruvian city of Arequipa.
Source: La Verdad
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