Racing Club expired 1-0 a Melgar from Peru for the fifth day of the South American Cup and reached the top of the Group B. The Academy prevailed despite play with ten for almost an hour for the expulsion of Gaston Gomez and the only goal of the game that was played in the Avellaneda cylinder marked it Thomas Chancalay. The team led by Fernando Gago had a show of character in a difficult save and recovered after the elimination on penalties against Boca Juniors in the semifinals of the League Cup.
Racing started with everything and the first warning came in a play he put together Enzo Copettiwhich left in an unbeatable position Chancalaybut his shot was deflected by the goalkeeper Big Head George. In those first minutes the Academy was a whirlwind and the Inca cast almost didn’t pass half the field.
The locals went for more and after a good pass from Edwin Cardona (He was the owner) for Emiliano Insua, the center came and Chancalay again missed it and the ball hit the post. Around 20 minutes, the striker himself warned again with a left footed shot that went up.
As the minutes passed, the Peruvians tried to get out and bet on the stopped ball or some counter to get closer to the rival area, as in one that Bernard Cuesta and after his pass Luis Iberico misdefined. Melgar also resorted to some friction to stop the game.
Near the end of the first half Cardona made a backwards pass that fell short and Cuesta took advantage, who went hand in hand with Chila Gómez, who touched the ball with his hand and the referee first gave him the yellow card, but when the Inca soccer players were on top of him, he decided to expel the Racing goalkeeper. However, the key was the notice of the assistant judges to the referee Derlis Lopez that it was an obvious goal scoring opportunity. The play was fine since at the moment in which the goalkeeper commits the infraction of him in one of the television repetitions they are warned two Racing players almost on the same line. the academic coach put in the substitute goalkeeper Matthias Tagliamonte and instead he decided to take out Cardona, who was angry about having to leave the field of play.
In the most complicated moment for Racing, the local team managed to open the scoring after a good play by Chancalay who at 44 minutes defined with his left foot to put the Academy ahead.
In the second half Racing fell back due to numerical inferiority and the Peruvians got closer. It was Cuesta himself who set off the alarm with a Chilean, but the goalkeeper Tagliamonte kept the ball.
Melgar looked for equality, but Racing defended itself well. Gago also read the game well and put in a defender (Gonzalo Piovi) for a striker (Tomás Chancalay), in order to recover the ball and sustain the result.
In the end, Cuesta went back to look with a Chilean that did not generate danger and in the additional time he failed with a header inside the area. Despite playing with one less for almost an hour, Racing made a great physical effort and was able to maintain the minimum difference, although enough to be able to get the lead in their area.
With this victory, Racing reached 12 units and commands Group B and if it retains the leadership on the next and last date, it will access the round of 16 of the contest. On Thursday the 26th, the Academy will receive River, who this Wednesday in the first round lost 2-1 in Uruguay against Cuiabá from Brazil, although both have no chance of qualifying for the next phase. In closing, the Brazilians will visit Melgar.
Falcon tie.
Defense and Justice He is already eliminated and on the penultimate date of Group F he equalized 2-2 in Ecuador before League of Quito. The locals took the lead with a goal from Joseph Quintero (‘5), but Florencio Varela’s men turned it around with a brace of Lucas Albertengo (’29 and ’44). In the complement, the Ecuadorians achieved equality with both Nilson Angle (’71), so much so that he decorated the result of the match.
formations
Racing: Gaston Gomez; Facundo Mura, Nery Dominguez, Emiliano Insúa, Eugene Mena; Leonel Miranda, Hannibal Brown, Carlos Alcaraz; Edwin Cardona, Enzo Copetti, Thomas Chancalay. DT: Fernando Gago.
Melgar: Jorge Cabezudo; Alejandro Ramos, Alec Deneumostier, Leonel Galeano, Paolo Reyna; Horacio Orzán, Cristian Bordacahar, Alexis Arias, Walter Tandazo, Luis Iberico; Bernard Cost. DT: Nestor Lorenzo.
Estadio: Juan Domingo Peron
Referee: Derlis Lopez (Paraguay)
TV: ESPN
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