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Luqueño defeats Guaraní on penalties and wins the San Roque González Cup

Southampton, bottom of the Premier League, gave the big note in the quarterfinals of the English League Cup and had the pleasure of eliminating Manchester City, whom they defeated 2-0.

True to its style, the team coached by Pep Guardiola (with several regulars in the starting eleven) began commanding the game, but was quickly surprised by the rival, who stood at half-time with a two-goal advantage.

In the 23rd minute of the match, the ‘Saints’ took the lead on the scoreboard, when Sékou Mara he stepped past Kyle Walker to finish off a cross from the right by Brazilian Lyanko into the net.

And barely six minutes later, Moussa Djenepo surprised goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, born in Germany to a Spanish father, with a well placed shot from 25 meters that slipped through the top corner.

In the second part, Guardiola brought more starters onto the field (such as De Bruyne, Haaland and Rodri) and the ‘citizen’ dominance was even clearer, but except for a couple of occasions from the Argentine Julian Alvarezthe visitors never gave the impression of being able to overcome the game.

Manchester City is thus eliminated from a tournament that it has won in six of the last nine editions.

In the other tie played this Wednesday, the Nottingham Forest defeated in the penalties to the wolverhamptonwhich in this way loses a great opportunity to aspire to win its first title in English football.

The ‘Wolves’ took the game to extra time with a goal from the Mexican Raul Jimenez in the final stretch of the game (84 ‘), which served to equalize the initial goal of the Ivorian Willy Boly in the first period (18 ‘).

On Tuesday they had already qualified for the semifinals on Newcastle by Miguel Almiron Y Manchester Utdafter defeating Leicester (2-0) and Charlton (3-0), respectively.



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