The Barcelona of Ecuador defeated on Wednesday academic away from Peru 1-0 in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores second phase, which allowed them, after their 2-0 win in the first leg, to qualify for the third phase where they will face América Miner from Brazil.
The team from Guayaquil arrived with a comfortable advantage in Lima and, despite losing a player in the first minutes, managed to advance in the tournament, as did América Mineiro, who eliminated Guaraní from Paraguay in the definition by shots from the point penal.
The Argentine Emmanuel Martínez eluded the cream defense and fired a shot that opened the scoring in the 66th minute for Barcelona, leaving the National Stadium in Lima speechless, which returned to having almost 100% attendance after two years.
With this result, Universitario, directed by the Uruguayan Álvaro Gutiérrez, bids farewell to the international calendar for the remainder of the year.
Barcelona suffered a setback in the 23rd minute of the match when the referee sent off Luca Sosa after bringing down Alex Valera when he was heading only for Burrai’s goal.
Piero Quispe shot on goal after executing a free kick, but the shot was annulled due to an advanced position, which generated the reaction of the creams and an outbreak of anger with the bullfighters.
The players of both teams faced each other in some sort of anger
Despite the difference in players, Barcelona resumed the offensive in the game and put pressure on Universitario, who felt the urgency to open the scoring to overcome the 2-0 loss received in the first leg in Guayaquil.
In the following minutes, both teams lost the opportunity to score, with shots from Valera and Penilla, and went into the break with clean sheets.
In the second half, Urruti and Valera finished off Burrai’s goal but the shots missed the side or crashed into the post. After the goal scored by Martínez in the 66th minute, the dynamics of the game changed in favor of the visit and the bullfighters sought to increase the result in Lima.
In the final minutes, striker Alex Valera was sent off for a double yellow card, with which both teams ended up equal in number.
DATASHEET
University-Barcelona 0-1
0 – University: José Carvallo; Aldo Corzo (m.40, Alexander Succar) Federico Alonso, Nelinho Quina, Nelson Cabanillas (m.52, Hernán Novick), Ángel Cayetano, Piero Quispe, Roberto Villamarín (m.81, Joao Villamarín), Gerson Barreto (m.52 , Armando Alfageme), Luis Urruti and Alex Valera
Coach: Alvaro Gutierrez
1 – Barcelona: Javier Burraí; Byron Castillo, Darío Aimar, Lucas Sosa, Leonel Quiñónez; Erick Castillo (m.60, Adonis Preciado), Cristian Penilla, Michael Carcelén (m.29, Carlos Rodríguez), Emmanuel Martínez; Damian Diaz and Gonzalo Mastriani
Coach: Segundo Castillo
Goal: 0-1, Emmanuel Martinez (d. 66)
Referee: Uruguayan Andres Matonte sent off Lucas Sosa and Alex Valera, and booked Burray, Succar and Novick
Incidents: Second leg of phase 2 of the Copa Libertadores played at the National Stadium in Lima before more than 38,000 spectators