racing club won just enough 3-2 against aucas from Ecuador, in a match valid for the second day of Group A of the Libertadores Cups that left the Argentine team as leader. Maximiliano Romero, Juan Nardoni and the Venezuelan Wilker Ángel scored for the local team through an own goal, while Erick Castillo and Luis Cangá scored for the visitor in a match where both ended with ten players due to the expulsions of Maximiliano Moralez and Aubrey David .
Against a packed Cilindro de Avellaneda, Fernando Gago’s players began with a suffocating pace to impose conditions and make a quick difference on the scoreboard. After a shot off the crossbar by Maximiliano Romero and a shot near the near post by Jonathan Gómez, Racing Club made the first difference on the scoreboard with a header from Romero himself that overcame the resistance of goalkeeper Hernán Galíndez.
Immediately afterwards, Juan Ignacio Nardoni warned in the 14th minute with a touch that went just wide and two minutes later Nardoni himself increased the difference on the scoreboard with a solo shot to an empty goal after a clearance from Maximiliano Romero.
In the 32nd minute the entire local delegation claimed a handball in the Luis Cangá area, but the VAR determined that there was no offense by the visiting defender, and ten minutes later the complaint was revived for an alleged blow to the face of the Peruvian Paolo Guerrero who Uruguayan referee Christian Ferreyra dismissed.
In added time, Aucas quickly marked the 47th minute mark with a cross shot by Erick Castrillo that rendered the effort of Chilean goalkeeper Gabriel Arias sterile. Aucas did not let Racing recover and in the 55th minute they equalized with a cross behind Trinidadian Aubrey David for the arrival of Luis Cangá, who defined in front of the goal.
Racing pushed to try to reach a new difference on the scoreboard but in minute 77 suffered the expulsion of Maximiliano Moralez after a strong stomp on Luis Cangá. Everything seemed to indicate that the game was headed for a draw but in the 85th minute, after a Wilker frontal cross, Ángel headed the ball towards his goal, provoking a goal against his own goal that ended up sealing the victory of the ‘Academia’ .
Opazo (Racing) disputes a ball with Perlaza (Aucas)
After this result and the initial victory against Ñublense as a visitor, Racing Club is the leader of Group A with six points, which is now escorted by Flamengo and Aucas with three points, while the Chilean team closes the standings without integers.
In the next round, Ñublense will host Aucas on May 2, while Racing Club will host Flamengo two days later.
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