Melgar ends the unbeaten performance of Racing de Gago

It was ever going to happen. Sometime in this 2022 he had to lose. He stayed Racing undefeated. He hadn’t lost all year, but he suffered a tough defeat in Peru, against Melgar on the South American Cup.

Fernando Gago tried to make some variations to refresh the team, which is leader of Group A in the League Cup, in the domestic competition. However, the international arena for Racing has long been a pending account.

That is why it was strange that the DT gave ownership to Edwin Cardona and Matías Rojas. Those midfield modifications didn’t work. The Academy did not exhibit the usual dynamic and ended up losing without mitigating factors. On top of that, the height of Arequipa, the city where it was played, located at 2,355 meters above sea level, influenced.

Racing had lost for the last time on December 4, 2021. Throughout 2022, he was undefeated in his 15 appearances, including drawing a streak of 10 consecutive victories that became the best historical mark of consecutive academic triumphs in professionalism.

Luis Iberico opened the result with a header and also scored the second for Melgar with a low shot. Between each goal, Racing had a great chance to equalize, but Javier Correa threw a penalty into the sky that had been invented by the referee. Bernardo Cuesta took the score to 3-0 and recently Correa, on the epilogue, managed to discount.

It was for Racing the third date in Group B of the Sudamericana, an international competition that offers the ticket to the next round only to the first in each zone. The Academy is still leading with 6 points, now accompanied by Melgar. Cuiabá from Brazil and River from Uruguay have 3.

Another Argentine team, Banfield, was defeated in Ecuador. They lost 0-2 with Universidad Católica, which is now the leader with 4 units along with La Calera from Chile. Banfield has 3 points, the same as Santos from Brazil.

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