December 17, 2024, 9:21 PM
December 17, 2024, 9:21 PM
Aurora and Nacional Potosí tied (1-1) this Tuesday night, in a match on date 29 of the Clausura tournament of the Professional Division. The clash between the celeste and Rancho Guitarra took place at the Félix Capriles stadium in Cochabamba.
Before the match, both teams had already secured their qualification for the Conmebol tournaments in 2025, but with this result, both are going to the Copa Sudamericana.
Nacional rose to third place in the accumulated table with 60 points while Aurora is fifth with 59, the same as GV San José, which is fourth by goal difference.
Blooming has 56 units and it is a fact that it will keep the last prize for an international tournament and that is the Copa Libertadores like Bolivia 4. The Santa Cruz academy could mathematically reach Aurora, but the difference between the two is 25 goals. The town team is +15, while Blooming is -10.
The town’s team took the lead through Jair Reinoso (16′), who made no mistake in the definition after an assist from Oswaldo Blanco, who had escaped a defender’s mark. Goalkeeper Saidt Mustafá could do nothing.
Half an hour into the game, Víctor Ábrego equalized in an acrobatic action. The forward hit a long cross that came from the left in a kind of scissors fashion and goalkeeper Luis Fernando Cárdenas took the ball in a feline reaction.
The tie for Rancho Guitarra was scored shortly into the second half. Saulo Guerra (47′) took a free kick, with such precision that the ball hit the right post of the goal guarded by Cárdenas and then inflated the net.
The Potosinos caressed the gap in a play in which Ábrego looked for Martín Prost (69′), but the Argentine’s shot went over the crossbar, when he had only reached goal position.
Aurora got a tremendous scare in the 73rd minute. Goalkeeper Cárdenas and defender Cristian Enciso made a mistake at the start, the ball was stolen by Prost, who assisted Erik Correa to score the goal, but Oruro referee Jhonatan Mamani annulled it. the goal from an advanced position by the Colombian striker.
Then, the dominance belonged to the light blue team who did their part to unevent the score. They were even excited about scoring a penalty, since referee Mamani awarded a maximum penalty in the 89th minute, for an alleged handball by Carlos Alberto Preciado, but after the VAR review, there was no maximum penalty.
In stoppage time, the visit was left with one man less due to the expulsion of Diego Hoyos (94′), who due to a double yellow card left his team numerically inferior.
Shortly after, the final whistle came from the central judge of the match, consolidating the tie (1-1), although the local team did more to achieve the victory.
