He was one goal away. Olimpia washed their face and beat Cerro Porteño 0-1 as a visitor. It was not enough for him and he will play the Copa Sudamericana. For its part, the Cyclone advances to the round of 16 of the Libertadores.
A New Pot to burst hosted today the first Copa Libertadores Paraguayan superclásico in its history on the occasion of the sixth and last date of Group G.
The fringed accused the need to score and took the initiative from the start with a first approach by Guillermo Paiva. The pressure had an effect as Fernando Cardozo got the score up early (10′) with his amazing shot.
The panorama was complicated for the azulgranas with the rivals installed in their field, the warning of their captain, Juan Patiño, and the departure of the Colombian Rafael Carrascal (Robert Piris) due to injury.
Cerro, weak in attack and aware of his rearguard, did not generate a single situation of care in the first half.
The complementary one painted almost the same landscape. Once again the push was carried out by Olimpia, but the Cyclone ended up settling on the field and put up tenacious resistance in the middle sector.
Francisco Arce understood that he needed weight in attack and sent Alfio Oviedo instead of Fernando Romero, a change that helped balance forces. His team pulled back their lines, covered each alley and focused on defending with the ball away from their area, which raised the temperature of the set.
About the hour the Uruguayan Gastón Olveira took a penalty from Claudio Aquino.
The squad led by Julio Cáceres hammered and hammered, but could not get the second goal. Thus, Cerro Porteño issued its ticket to the next phase of the highest regional club competition as second in the group.
Olimpia, who gave another image and showed more than last Sunday, expects a rival in the round of 16 of the South American.
