El Ciclón was forced to win to take advantage of Libertad’s tie on Monday, in his visit to Guaraní and thus shorten the distance with the championship pointer.
And in a game with procedures without many emotions, Cerro was able to take advantage in the final part of the first half: Luis Fariña, at 39 minutes, overcame the opposition of Rhuan Dos Santos and signed the 1-0 that would end up being the final score in Worker neighborhood.
Those led by Roberto ‘Tiburón’ Torres were imprecise, quite ineffective and practically did not create any danger for the goal defended by Jean Fernandes.
The minimum difference was maintained until the end, a result with which Cerro Porteño reached 41 points, ranking second behind Libertad, which has 45.
That is to say, there are four units that separate the two contenders for the title when four dates remain for the Apertura.
Resistencia, for its part, accumulated its fourth consecutive game without victories and remains, with 28 points, in the fourth step of the table.
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