2023-08-04 04:36:51
Liga de Quito beat Chilean Ñublense 1-0 as a visitor on Thursday, with a great Paolo Guerrero, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana 2023.
The Peruvian striker lived up to his fame as an area specialist and put the Ecuadorian team ahead in the 60th minute, at the Municipal de Concepción stadium, 500 kilometers from the capital Santiago.
For his duel against Ñublense, the ‘King of Cups’ surprised and lined up his great reinforcement this season, the historic Paolo Guerrero, as the starter.
The scorer wanted to score again against Ñublense, something he had already done with the Racing de Argentina jersey in the Copa Libertadores this season.
However, the veteran had to go down on several occasions due to his team’s lack of creativity, which did not create danger in the rival area.
The Chilean team also had to play against recent history. In the Sudamericana, their rivals won two of their last three games as visitors in the knockout rounds and came from four unbeaten matches against Chilean rivals.
Of course, that superiority was not seen during the first part. With a slow pace and few elaborate plays, neither team knew how to hurt themselves in those 45 minutes.
Debut y gol
In the second half, Liga took a step forward and began to generate more goal situations, which Paolo Guerrero took advantage of in his international debut with the Ecuadorian team.
The Peruvian predator put the ball to sleep with his chest after an excellent cross from defender José Quintero and easily beat goalkeeper Nicola Pérez.
Despite his 39 years, Guerrero was seen to be very active when it came to leading the Ecuadorian attack, taking advantage of the fact that his rival looked increasingly tired.
More out of self-love and pushed by their coach, Jaime García, Ñublense tried to advance lines, but their lack of goals and the wear and tear they are dragging through the Chilean tournament, where they are close to relegation, condemned them.
With this result, Liga, the most popular team in Ecuador, gave the first blow to get into the best eight of the South American, a tournament that he already knew how to win in 2009.
The rematch will be held next Thursday at the Casa Blanca stadium in Ecuador and the winner of this key will face off in the quarterfinals with the winner of the match between San Lorenzo from Argentina and the Brazilian Sao Paulo.
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