Marcelo Martins played from the opening whistle the match that Cerro Porteño played on Saturday night against Libertad, for the penultimate date of the Paraguayan soccer championship. The Bolivian striker played the entire match, but was unable to score goals to avoid his team’s 1-0 loss.
The match was played at the Tigo La Huerta stadium, where the Ciclón was forced to win to prevent Libertad from becoming champion and the suspense was maintained until the last date, but it could not be avoided. With the 1-0, Gumarelo won the title.
Before the game, Libertad had 51 points and Cerro Porteño added 47, that’s why The Cyclone only needed victorywhich in the end he couldn’t get.
The only goal of the match came in the minutes of discount through Bautista Merlini (92′). Cerro ended the match with eight players due to the expulsion of Leonardo Daniel Rivas (47′), Claudio Aquino (74′) and Rafael Carrascal (78′), all due to double yellow cards.
For date 22, the last of the Paraguayan championship, Libertad will visit Resistencia on Saturday, July 2, while Cerro Porteño will be local against Tacuary that same day.
Before, both teams must play their matches corresponding to the first leg of the Copa Libertadores round of 16. Gumarelo will play at the home of Paranaense from Brazil, on Tuesday; for his part, the Cyclone will be local on Wednesday against Palmeiras, also brazilian.