The “Xeneize”, which was vastly superior to its rival throughout the development of the game, prevailed with a goal from the midfielder Alan Varelawho 9 minutes into the second half took advantage of a rebound to shoot from outside the area and overcome the goalkeeper’s resistance William De Amoresto give his team the victory it needed to stay in the race in the continental competition.
With this result and with Corinthians and Always Ready tied 1-1, Boca finished first in Group E with 10 points, followed by the Brazilian team with 9, while Deportivo Cali finished third with 8 and will go to the South American Cup, and the Bolivian team closed the table with 5 units.
The recent champion of the Professional League Cup had a Exequiel Zeballos unbalanced, with a good level of Oscar Romero and with the absolute dominance of the duel in the initial stage, but could not break the zero in the rival goal despite having five clear scoring situations, among which a shot in the post by Varela stood out at 12 minutes.
Already in the complement, with the same supremacy of the premises, Varela was right in a new attempt and allowed Mouth move forward deservedly against an inoffensive opponent who barely approached his goal on two occasions and both times met with a firm response from Agustin Rossi.
Those led by Sebastian Battaglia they sealed the goal and in an unbeatable way, given that the unexpected draw in Brazil gave them the chance to qualify first, while waiting for tomorrow’s draw at 1 pm to meet their rival for the round of 16 of the competition.
Formations
Mouth: Agustín Rossi; Nicolás Figal, Carlos Izquierdoz, Marcos Rojo, Frank Fabra; Guillermo Fernandez, Alan Varela, Oscar Romero; Eduardo Salvio, Darío Benedetto and Exequiel Zeballos. DT: Sebastian Battaglia.
Deportivo Cali: Guillermo De Amores; Aldair Gutiérrez, José Caldera, Guillermo Burdisso, Christian Mafla; Edgard Camargo, Yimmy Congo; Jhon Vásquez, Teófilo Gutiérrez, Kevin Velasco and Yony González. DT: Rafael Dudamel.
Goal in the second half: 9m Varela (B).
Changes in the second half: 7m. Carlos Robles for Mafla (DC); 14m Harold Mosquera for González (DC); 16m Juan Ramírez for Salvio (B); 22m Luis Vázquez for Benedetto (B); 30m Carlos González for Congo (DC); 32m Cristian Medina for Zeballos (B).
Stadium: Alberto J. Armando.
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile).
Source: Ambito
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