Melgar from Arequipa received Deportivo Cali for the second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana, in a key in which they arrived tied without goals after the clash in Palmaseca, and in Peru it was 2-1 against the Colombians.
Thus, and with the idea of generating goal options, the manager in charge Ítalo Cervino proposed a 4-3-3 from the startwhich did not generate guarantees on the attack front and wasted the two options he had in the first stage.
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In the first stage they were Yony González and Kevin Velasco who disturbed the goal defended by Cácedawho became strong and prevented his humanity from being defeated.
For its part, Guillermo De Amores and Germán Mera were in charge of ensuring that -at least in the first part- the zero was not brokenand the series was matched to the locker room.
Already in the second half, a maximum penalty was charged in favor of the Peruvians, who went up on the scoreboard after the great execution of Bernardo Cuesta.
Later, the locals continued to face the goal of Cali, and at 73 minutes they sentenced the series again with It costs as a protagonist, putting the second in his personal account.
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Nevertheless, At 90+7 the discount for the ‘sugar’ team arrived through Harold Santiago Mosquerawhich only allowed marker decoration.
That’s the way it is, a 2-1 was signed in favor of Melgarwhich leaves them in the quarterfinals of the Copa Sudamericana where will face Porto Alegre International for a ticket to the semis.
