The “V Azulada” cut the string of games without victories. (Photo: APF)
At the close of the 15th date, Sportivo Ameliano was reunited with victory in the Apertura Tournament by beating a 2-0 Sportivo Luqueño side on Monday at the Defensores del Chaco that is still stuck in a losing streak.
Already in the complementary stage of the game, Elias Sarquis (66′) and elvio vera (89 ‘) gave the victory to the Barriojarenses, who climbed with this towards the upper half of the standings.
The idea of the representative auriazul was to celebrate his 102nd anniversary with the return to the joy of triumphs, but he found a rival who is a specialist in seeking knockouts by surprise.
After an initial attack by those of Humberto Garciain the first seconds of the match, in which the goalkeeper Gonzalo Falcón had to intervene, were those led by Gustavo Florentin those who seized the initiative with a vertical game, thus generating several dangerous arrivals in the first half.
But every time he was called to intervene, Joaquín Papaleo stood out protecting the ‘V Azulada’ goal.
The second half was somewhat more even, although always with a Luqueño who went out to look for the opening of the scoring and left spaces behind. Such a context Ameliano envisioned as the ideal for his plans.
At minute 66, a hesitant start in the blue and gold defense led to the opportunism of Elias Sarquis, who did not hesitate and took the excellent placed shot that was nailed into the visiting net. It was 1-0 for the one who officiated at home in Saxony.
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He VAR called an on-field review for the referee John Lopez, implying that there was an obstruction by a player who was offside. However, the chief judge kept on conceding the goal after looking at the pictures.
Even more obligatory, the Chanchón advanced his lines even more and generated, for example, two great shots by Rodrigo Rojas that forced two notable interventions by Papaleo, who ended up being the figure of the winning cast.
And to make matters worse for the “birthday boy” team, a lethal replica featured elvio vera, who defined as not to leave possibilities for a response from Falcón. It was the lapidary 2-0 at 89 ‘.
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With this, Sportivo Ameliano He won again after five games and now adds 22 points in the Opening, while the Sportivo Luqueno suffered their third straight championship defeat, stalling at 18 units and gradually reducing its revenue in terms of the table of averages.
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