A goal from veteran Hugo Rodallega and a goal from Neyder Moreno gave Santa Fe a 2-0 victory over Universitario this Thursday in a rocky game marked by strong play that allowed the Colombians to stay alive in the Copa Sudamericana for lack of a day to fight. close the group stage.
Group G is led by Goias with nine points, followed by the Peruvians and Bogotá with seven, while Gimnasia is last with only four points.
At the El Campín stadium in the Colombian capital, the Cremas went looking for victory and even the VAR disallowed a goal in minute four by a hand from striker Alex Valera.
However, the team led by Uruguayan Jorge Fossati was down to 10 players in minute 11 when midfielder Nelson Cabanillas kicked Colombian Wilfrido de la Rosa in the chest.
Santa Fe, without much clarity and directed today by the exporter Robinson Zapata, started to attack and opened the scoring in a great collective action on 26 when Rodallega, after a pass from De la Rosa, took a right-footed shot from the edge of the area impossible to tackle for veteran José Carvallo.
The Colombians relaxed after the goal and Universitario came close to equalizing with little creativity at the end of the first half as Valera took advantage of goalkeeper Juan Espitia’s lack of concentration and headed the ball almost into the net.
In the complementary phase, play was little played in the areas, but Universitario came close to equalizing with a free kick in which Paraguayan Williams Riveros headed a header that went past the right post of Espitia’s goal.
Play, without any clear dominance, finally unbalanced the 78 when fullback Fabián Viáfara counterattacked a long pass to Moreno, who sent the ball to the back of the net in a one-on-one.
In the end, without much depth, Fossati’s team could do no wrong and lost to an opponent who, without showing his best football, is still very much alive in the continental tournament.
On the last day, scheduled for Wednesday, June 28, Santa Fe will play the qualification against Goias, while Universitario will determine the pass to the next stage against Gimnasia de la Plata.
Source: El heraldo
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