Cordoba Workshops celebrated their return to the group stage of Libertadores Cup after 22 years with a valuable 1-0 win against the Chilean Universidad Católica with a solitary goal from Hector ‘El Rayo’ Fertoli In the first stage.
in front of a stadium Mario Alberto Kempes With more than 40,000 people, the cast led by the Portuguese Pedro Caixinha prevailed in this first day of Group H of the Copa Libertadores, which on Tuesday had registered the victory of flamingo 0-2 against Sporting Cristal in Lima.
With this result, workshops leads the area along with Flamengo with three points, while Universidad Católica and Sporting Cristal were left without points after this opening day.
The only goal of the match was scored by Héctor Fértoli in the 24th minute of the first stage when ‘El Rayo’ pushed a low cross from Matias Esquivel.
goalkeepers Guido Perez and Sebastian Perez Kirby They had fundamental performances so that the result was not modified after the opening of the local scoreboard.
In the second stage, those led by Christian Paulucci They tried to go in search of a tie and in the bench rotation they tried to oxygenate the lineup to go in search of a tie but without success.
workshops He opted for the counterattack and gave the ball to his rival to try to take advantage of the speed of Federico Girotti and the Uruguayan player christian olive.
At the end the entire visiting delegation broke out in a protest for an infraction with the Colombian’s elbow Rafael Perez about the Argentine striker Fernando Zampedri of the Chilean team.
The result was not modified and Talleres added the first victory of the era Caixinha After last Friday’s defeat against Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata 2-1 for the local tournament where the Cordoba team is thirteenth out of 14 teams in Zone A.
For Catholic University this defeat implies a brake after the momentum that had meant having won the classic against Universidad de Chile on Saturday by 2-1 that left him in seventh position in the Chilean League with 12 points, five less than the leader colo colo.
Next Tuesday, on the second day of Group H, Talleres will visit Flamengo at the maracana from Rio de Janeirowhile Catholic University will receive Sporting Cristal in Santiago.
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