Real Santa Cruz capitalized this Friday in Sucre. The white team gave the surprise at the start of the dispute on date nine of the Apertura tournament by defeating Universitario 2-3 as a visitor, who with this loss at home wasted the opportunity to assume the lead of group A.
Dorny Romero (41′), Matheo Zoch (51′) and Alan Mercado (81′) were the authors of the merengue conquests. Carlos Ardián (88′) and Vladimir Castellón (96′) discounted.
The whites added their second victory in the tournament, the first away from home, and this allows you to stray a bit from the bottom of the leaderboard and have a better outlook in the next seven dates that remain in this first phase.
Roberto Marinangeli could not have had a better debut. The Real Santa Cruz coach worked the game well, although in the first stage he had to rearrange his structure due to injuries to Imanol Cárdenas and Wilman Modesta, who had to be treated as an emergency at a local clinic due to the seriousness of the injuries they suffered when colliding with rivals.
Jhonny Serrudo and his team could not find a way to reverse the bad moment they experienced during the game. Faced with a crowd that constantly pressured them, due to poor performance, they had difficulty sustaining a clear and forceful game.
In counterpart, Real Santa Cruz was handy. He chose to take care of the ball and when he had space he went to the counterattacks to reach the goal. In this proposal, the work of Damián Lizio, Matheo Zoch, Alan Mercado and Dorny Romero was vital.
On the first goal, Romero charged down the right and when he took a late cross, the ball bounced off a defender and was just enough to define in front of Iván Brun’s goal.
In the second, Mercado received a long pass from the left behind the defenders. Near the corner line he sent a cross to mid-height, just for Zoch touched the ball before a bad start from the ‘student’ goalkeeper.
The third was a great play by Mercado, who hooked inside and in the middle of several rival defenders he finished off from the right. Great goal from the left-handed midfielder.
The white win was complete and since he played better than the homeowner, who did not make merits to discount, it seemed that the victory could be more bulky.
But football generates unpredictable situations. academic took advantage of a lack of control in the Santa Cruz defense to discount in the last minutes through Carlos Ardián (88′) and Vladimir Castellón (96′).
The final stretch was heart-stopping because the triumph of Real and Universitario was in danger, he threw himself with everything to achieve a tie.
It was emotional, as was the penalty that Lizio missed in the 99th minute, which could give his team the peace of mind of a 4-2which was not, but served to close a glorious night for the ‘lions of El Pajonal’.