The Melgar of Arequipa and the Porto Alegre International tied this Thursday 0-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the South American Cupfull of scoring chances, especially for the Peruvians, who will now have to wait for a feat in Brazil to continue making history this season.
Despite the 2,300 meter altitude of the southern Peruvian city of Arequipathe duel was fast and tense from start to finish and with repeated opportunities for both casts.
The leading role, however, was from the Arequipa team, although, despite being the local team, all efforts to sneak the ball into the goalkeeper’s impenetrable goal were frustrated Daniel.
Melgar, with the Argentine coach Pablo Lavallen on the bench after leaving Nestor Lorenzo to manage the Colombian team, he entered the field of play stomping and, in the first ten minutes, he already had at least three scoring opportunities.
The clearest occasion was carried out by Bernard Cuestaone of the best men in the first half of the game, with a header from the center of the area, but his shot was controlled by the rival goalkeeper.
The International did not think twice to counterattack and scared the arc of the Melgar via Fabrizio Bustos.
The intensity of the start of the crash began to drop after twenty minutes, although the danger did not cease and, shortly before going to rest, Christian Bordacahar He was about to make it 1-0 with his head after an assist from Alexander Ramos with a center to the area.
The red and blacks dominated the first half, buoyed by the fans who illuminated the stadium with lights, but they lacked efficiency to open the scoring before the break.
The second half passed along the same lines: blow for blow, attack for counterattack.
It was only two minutes after the game restarted when Alexis Arias warned the Brazilians by shooting at the goal from outside the area, but the goalkeeper Daniel removed the danger.
The Brazilians tried to surprise with an aerial game and then with a shot from Carlos Penabut the Peruvian defense deflected the ball.
Ten minutes from the final whistle, the goalkeeper Caceda saved the Peruvians from the clearest occasion in Internacional, which came from the feet of Edenilson Andrade.
The tension continued until the last minutes, in which Internacional played with ten men on the field after the Uruguayan referee Andrés Matonte expelled Alexandre Alemao for an attack on Arias.
The teams did not stop looking for the goal, but it never came, so Melgar will have to secure victory on August 11 at the Beira-Rio Stadium, Porto Alegreif you want to continue making history this season.
– Data sheet:
0. Melgar: Carlos Cáceda, Alec Deneumostier, Matías Lazo (m.73, Johnny Vidales), Pablo Reyna, Alejandro Ramos, Martín Guedes (m.67, Joel Sánchez), Horacio Orzán, Alexis Arias, Kenji Cabrera (m.67, Kevin Quevedo) , Bernardo Cuesta and Cristian Bordacahar (m.50, Luís Ibérico).
0. International: Daniel de Sousa, Fabricio Bustos, Gabriel Mercado, Vitor Eduardo da Silva (Vitao), René Rodrigues, Gabriel Mercado, Edenilson Andrade, Carlos de Pena (m.84, Joao Cardoso), Mauricio Megalhaes (m.67, Alan Patrick), Wanderson Maciel Sousa (d.67, Pedro Henrique), Alexandre Alemao.
Referee: the Uruguayan Andrés Matonte admonished Alemao, Fabricio Bustos and Bernardo Cuesta.
Incidents: first leg of the quarterfinals of the South American Cup played at the Monumental Stadium of the National University of San Agustín (UNSA), in the Peruvian city of Arequipa.
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