In the monumental stadium of the Peruvian capital, those directed by Guillermo Barros Schelotto exhibited an interesting general level in the first stagein which the clearest situation was in favor of Paraguay.
Lorenzo Melgarejo He had the chance to open the scoring, but his shot was blocked by local goalkeeper Pedro Gallese.
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With the 0-0 it came to rest, and the blow of the hosts would come very quickly in the second half.
Without Miguel Almirón on pitch -replaced at halftime by Matías Rojas-, the Albirroja was surprised by a corner in which alex valera won against him Paraguayan defensive oversight and, with a header, he overcame Juan Espínola’s resistance to make it 1-0 (48′).
Throughout the second period, Paraguay had a hard time generating arrivals of risk for the host arch, beyond income such as those of derlis gonzalez either Sebastian Ferreira.
The last incident of the meeting occurred with a double expulsion: after an attempt to play quickly by Iván Ramírez, whose ball hit Christian Cueva, a series of pushes led to red cards for Fabian Balbuena for Paraguay and alexander succar for Peru (84 ‘). Therefore, both teams finished the game with 10.
The red white, that with today’s fall snapped a four-game losing streakwill face on Saturday Colombia (22:00) in a following commitment of a friendly nature, in the United States.
?️ End of the meeting in Lima.
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