El Rojo triumphed in their stadium on matchday 13 of the Apertura. (Photo: APF)
At the close of date 13, General Caballero JLM beat Sportivo Luqueño with a vibrant 3-2 this Monday at the Ka’arendy stadium, ending a long streak of 12 winless games in the Apertura Tournament.
At the crossroads of different realities, in Alto Paraná the one who celebrated was the team that came with the most urgency to add, thus leaving last place in the championship.
El Rojo took the initiative from the start and did damage with attacks loaded with strength, which constantly hurt a blue-auriaz team that exhibited serious defensive shortcomings.
After 5 minutes, Franco Costa found himself inside the rival area and without wasting time he shot on goal, making it 1-0 at home.
Left-footed shot by Franco Costa who puts the first to @clubgeneral_jlm!
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General continued to insist on offense and after half an hour of processing, Guillermo Hauche easily took the ball from the right, yielded to Hernán Pérez who, before a sterile exit from Gonzalo Falcón, crossed towards the middle so that Jorge Sanguina deflected the ball from head towards the net. It was 2-0.
The second of @clubgeneral_jlm Jorge Sanguina scored it!
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Just with the double disadvantage those led by Gustavo Florentín began to settle on the field and show the occasional hint towards the Majorcan goal.
Juan Rodrigo Rojas, at 44′, revived Luqueña’s hopes of taking at least something from Ka’arendy in an aerial action, after a corner kick in which Pablo Aguilar first headbutted to the ground, and then he beat to Gustavo Arévalos, rival goalkeeper, for the visiting discount.
Rodrigo Rojas appeared to put the discount in favor of @SpLuquenOficial!
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The second half was dominated by Sportivo, which generated situations in the final stretch but was ineffective. A clear one was a shot from Osvaldo Martínez, already in additional time, which crashed into the post.
And after that action, the hosts were accurate, and in what way: Teodoro Arce escaped unstoppable from the left towards the center and, with a spectacular shot, he beat Gonzalo Falcón to end the story with the 3-1 (90+4 ′).
Teodoro Arce’s cannon shot that marked the third of @clubgeneral_jlm!
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The visit came close again on the scoreboard by Matías Castro (90 + 8 ‘), but until 3-2 came the great game in Juan León Mallorquín.
Mathias Castro marked the discount of @SpLuquenOficial.
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So, Gentleman General won again in the Apertura Tournament after 12 days, leaving the last place with an accumulation now of 10 pointsalso taking a breather in the averages.
In the other side, luqueno lost a seven-game losing streak and blew a shot at fourth place in the championship by stopping at 18 units.
