Valley Independent stamped this Wednesday his passport to the final of the South American Cup after thrashing Melgar 0-3 in the city of Arequipa in an intense match that resulted in two goals from the Argentine Lautaro Diaz and another of Louis Segovia.
The ‘Matagigantes’ confirmed the wide favoritism that gave him the identical 3-0 he achieved in the first leg, and he was ready to play his second South American final, after which he won in 2019 at Colon Argentine, this time against the winner of the key that the Brazilians will define this Thursday Sao Paulo Y Atletico Goianense.
Diaz became the figure of the Ecuadorian team, scoring two goals in counterattacks, at 28 and 53, while Segovia He closed the win with a powerful right hand at 87.
in the stadium of Arequipathe Ecuadorians displayed a solid defensive game and great tactical disposition to stop the offensive attempts of the Melgarwho showed as much intensity as nerves in his attempt to discount the figures of the first game.
With the pressure on the shoulders of the host, Independiente showed a lot of solvency to fight the balls in the midfield and cut off the creative attempts of Reyna, Perez Guedes and Quevedowho tried to search through the center and the sides to Iberian and Cuesta.
at 6, Queen sent a cross from the left that goalkeeper Ramírez managed to deflect at the last moment when Iberico entered, after which Deneumostier He connected a well-advised header to the hands of the Ecuadorian goalkeeper.
In an announcement of what would happen next, Diaz caused, at 12, the first hot flash for the locals, when he overflowed deep down the left and sent a cross shot that went past the goalkeeper Caceda, but he hit a local defense to go to the corner kick.
Melgar He had his main options at the feet of Iberico, who even saw a goal disallowed due to an advanced position and on the following occasions he lost to the solvency of the goalkeeper Ramírez.
Although the locals took control of the action towards 20 minutes, they looked imprecise in the last pass and suffered from the decision of the scorer Cuesta to leave the area to try to collaborate in the creation of the game.
In response, appeared Diaz at 28 to silence the thousands of Melgar fans with a low shot that passed between the goalkeeper’s legs Caceda after receiving a pass from Sornoza.
From that moment on, the locals felt the blow and only had a clear option to Costwhich was annulled by another advanced position, while Independiente advanced their lines to regain control of the midfield and launch forceful counterattacks.
The pace of the game was maintained from the start of the second half, when Caceda he prevented another fall from his goal by blocking with great effort a powerful shot by Faravelli, a pass from Díaz.
However, the Peruvian goalkeeper could do little when Díaz reappeared at 53 minutes to ratify his goalscoring credentials with a cross shot from the right that sealed the fate of the match, despite the fact that Melgar struggled to discount the negative result at home. .
When 87 minutes were played, Segovia he advanced from the middle at full speed and sent a lofty shot from the area line to put the icing on the cake of Independiente del Valle’s qualification for the final.
Data sheet:
0. Melgar: Carlos Caceda; Alejandro Ramos, Alec Deneumostier, Leonel Galeano, Paolo Reyna; Horacio Orzán, Alexis Arias, Martín Pérez Guedes (m.61, Kenji Cabrera), Kevin Quevedo (m.61, Walter Tandazo); Luis Iberico (m.73, Jhonny Vidales) and Bernardo Cuesta.
Coach: Pablo Lavallen.
3. Valley Independent: Moises Ramirez; Mateo Carabajal, Richard Shuncke, Luis Segovia; Matías Fernández, Marco Angulo (m.59, Fernando Gaibor), Cristian Pellerano (m.66, Joao Ortíz), Lorenzo Faravelli (m.78, Patrick Mercado), Jhoanner Chávez; Júnior Sornoza (m.78, Danny Cabezas) and Lautaro Díaz (m.66, Jonathan Bauman).
Coach: Martin Anselmi.
Goals: 0-1, m.28: Lautaro Diaz. 0-2, m.53: Lautaro Diaz. 0-3, m:87: Segovia.
Referee: The Argentine Fernando Rapallini showed a yellow card to Marco Angulo, Horacio Orzán, Kevin Quevedo and Deneumostier,
Incidents: Second leg of the semifinals of the South American Cup played before some 40,000 people at the Monumental Stadium of the San Agustín National University of Arequipa (UNSA), located 1,179 kilometers south of Lima.
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