2023-09-28 00:24:00
The Peruvian striker scored a double against the Argentines in the Copa Sudamericana. (Video: ESPN)
Paolo Guerrero scored LDU Quito’s 2-0 victory over Defensa y Justicia in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana semifinals. The Peruvian striker, who had already scored the first in the 17th minute, scored his double at the end of the first half, in the 41st minute, when he received a free ball in the area, and hit a powerful right foot that hit Enrique’s goal. Bologna.
The play began with a long transfer by Mauricio Martínez, who advanced from the middle of the field, until he approached the ‘Varela hawk’ area, at which time he touched with Sebastián Gonzáles, who put a cross into the far post for the goal. climb by Leonel Quiñónez. The right back, who had been projected to attack, quickly realized that the ‘Predator’ was arriving completely free, so he simply brought the ball down to him. In this way, the ball was perfect for the captain of the Peruvian team, who did not hesitate and hit it first, with his entire instep, and at the near post, leaving the former Alianza Lima goalkeeper with no chance to react.
Unlike the first goal, in which the man raised in Chorrillos celebrated with anger and on the verge of tears, on this occasion he simply ran to hug all his teammates, showing great joy on his face. Let us remember that, with this double, he broke a bad streak of eight consecutive games without scoring, which cost him some criticism from ‘albo’ fans and Ecuadorian journalists.
It should be noted that, before his two conquests, Guerrero had been playing a good game, dropping balls and creating danger. In fact, he was the protagonist of a prepared play, which consisted of a passed cross, so that he headed at the far post, put the ball into the penalty spot and so that the rest of the attackers could define. This action was carried out on two occasions and on both occasions the former Bayern Munich fulfilled his function, although the Defensa y Justicia footballers managed to clear the danger.
Paolo Guerrero celebrating his second goal in LDU Quito vs Defensa y Justicia (Getty).
Paolo Guerrero’s great partner in this match was right back Leonel Quiñónez, who assisted him in both goals. Let us remember that, before his pass back in the second goal, he contributed to the first by taking a corner and placing the precise ball for him so that he could head it to the far post and open the scoring.
It should be noted that the man born in Esmeraldas 30 years ago has three assists in the current Copa Sudamericana. The first was in the 3-2 defeat against Ñublense in the round of 16, when he assisted Johan Julio. In total, he has played 27 games in all competitions and has scored one goal, which was in the 2-2 draw with Mushuc Runa SC in the Ecuadorian tournament.
The Peruvian striker won with a header and opened the scoring for the Copa Sudamericana. (Video: ESPN)
With his double against Defensa y Justicia, Paolo Guerrero reached three goals with a Liga de Quito shirt. A peculiarity is that they all went to the Copa Sudamericana. The first was in his debut with the ‘king of cups’, to defeat Ñublense 1-0 in the round of 16. Later he entered a bad streak of eight games without scoring, although he did comply by converting his penalty in the shoot-outs against the Chileans and Sao Paulo in the quarterfinals, on both occasions his execution was perfect.
In this way, the ‘Predator’ has already equaled the goals he scored with a Racing Club shirt. Defending the ‘academy’, he scored a goal in each tournament he played, in the 2-0 victory over Ñublense in the Copa Libertadores, the 3-1 victory against San Martín Formosa in the Argentine Cup and the 3-1 victory against Unión de Santa Faith for the Argentine League.
It should be noted that, with the Avellaneda team, he played 21 games, although in many of them Fernando Gago brought him on for the final minutes, while with the ‘albos’, he has played 10 games, in which he started nine of them as a starter.
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