Scientist from Cusco and Melgar of Arequipa tied at one goal in the first leg of the first phase of the Copa Sudamericana, played this Tuesday at the stadium Inca Garcilaso de la Vega over the 3,400 meters of height of Cusco.
Both teams faced each other in a new classic of southern Peru, this time within the framework of the South Americanand they leave with a point for the second leg to be played in Arequipa on the 15th.
The red and black striker Bernard Cuesta he opened the scoring for the visit after 24 minutes of play, scoring from a penalty kick, after a foul on his teammate Alexis Arias.
However, his own Cost he was cautioned by the referee Nicholas Gamboa towards the end of the initial period for dangerous play against Paul Fuentes.
By the side of Cienciano, Carando and Recalde headed the goal of Melgarbut his shots missed either to the side or too high.
From the start of the game, the popular “dad” tried to give his fans a show in the southern classic that pitted him against Melgar in the first round of the South American.
As soon as the second half started, Joshua Estrada was in charge of tying with a shot from 30 meters away for the relief of the house, and assisted carando with a center that could not become the second for Scienceno.
The Cusco team is the only Peruvian club that raised the South American Cup in the 2003 edition, after beating River Plateand, a year later, beat Boca Juniors on the Cup Winnerssome milestones that made it the only Peruvian team to make history at the international level.
Melgar and Cienciano they qualified for the Sudamericana after finishing in fifth and sixth place in last year’s local tournament, although only the winner of the series will advance to the group stage.
– Data sheet:
1. Scienceno: Miguel Vargas; Paolo Fuentes, Luciano Recalde, Josue Estrada, Alexis Cossio; Carlos Beltrán (m.72 Fernando Guerrero), Ángel Romero, Nicolás Rinaldi (m.71 Emanuel Ibáñez), Kevin Sandoval; Danilo Carando and Adrián Ugarriza (d.86 Mathías Carpio).
Coach: Gerard Ameli.
1. Melgar: Carlos Caceda; Alec Deneumostier, Alejandro Ramos, Paolo Reyna, Horacio Orzan; Walter Tandazo (m.65 Jean Pierre Archimbaud), Martín Pérez Guedes (m.75 Kenji Cabrera), Luis Iberico, Alexis Arias (m.65 Cristian Bordacahar); Matías Lazo, Bernardo Cuesta (m.90 Nicolás Figueroa).
Coach: Nestor Lawrence.
Goals: 0-1, m.24: Bernardo Cuesta. 1-1, m.48: Joshua Estrada.
Chilean referee Nicolás Gamboa admonished Deneumostier, Orzán, Cossio, Fuentes, Cuesta, Romero and Ibáñez.
Incidents: First leg of the first phase of the South American Cup played at the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega stadium in the city of Cusco.
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