Olimpia achieved an agonizing comeback against General Caballero JLM, whom they beat 2-1 at the Manuel Ferreira stadium to provisionally climb to the top of the Clausura Tournament thanks to their sixth consecutive win.
El Franjeado appealed to a great dedication on the field of play by Para Uno to reverse a complicated game against a red team that also arrived with good feelings from their previous games.
The visit struck first through Wilder Vierawho with a distant free kick that nobody knew how to clear established the 1-0 at 43 minutes.
In the second half, the dean cast found the tie thanks to William Paivawho with great creativity placed Chilean the ball away from the hands of Juanito Alfonso, a Majorcan goalkeeper, in the 51st minute.
In minute 65, the picture got complicated for Julio Cáceres’ team: Victor Salazarby a reckless kick, saw the red card through the intervention of the VAR, leaving Olimpia with 10 players.
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But at 80 minutes, the situation was leveled in terms of men on the court for the expulsion of Derlis Martínezwho also left the representative of Juan León Mallorquín with one less.
And when it seemed that the match was heading towards a tie, the savior of the superclassic of the previous date, Richard Ortiz, was once again decisive. This time, with a relentless header he inflated the nets of the rival goal and, at 89 ‘, sentenced the final 2-1.
With this, Olimpia climbed to 39 points and climbed to the top of the Clausura, now waiting expectantly for what Nacional (38) does tomorrow -19:30 vs. Freedom- to know if it stays there or if the Academy retakes that place.
Knight Generalfor its part, stopped at 21 units in the championship by cutting off a three-round run without a hitch.
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