Students de La Plata, with nine players, stood up against adversity and brought a great victory from Bolivia after defeating as a visitor 1-0 against Orient Oilat the Ramón Aguilera Costas stadium in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, for the first date of Group C of the South American Cup 2023.
In a short first half with little action, at minute 41 and after a long VAR review, referee Franklin Congo sent off Santiago Ascacibar in “Pincha” for an elbow to Henry Vaca on a stopped ball in favor of the team Eduardo Dominguez.
Already in the second half, at 18, Fernando Zuqui put Benjamín Rollheiser one on one with the goalkeeper Wilson Quiñónez and the former River decided to point the ball to the right for the solitary entrance of Leonardo Godoy who only had to push the ball to put the 1-0 for the platenses.
At 25, the Ecuadorian referee showed the second yellow to central defender Luciano Lollo for verbal excess and left Estudiantes with nine players on the playing field.
At the end of the game, with five minutes to go, the defender Juan Mercado was sent off in the Bolivian team after a harsh infraction against Jorge Rodríguez that, in the first instance, the referee admonished with a yellow but, after the VAR review, the number 14 of Oriente Petrolero saw the red.
“Pincha”, who makes his debut with a win in this competition, will continue his journey in the tournament when he receives Tacuary from Paraguay at the Jorge Luis Hirschi, while Erwin Sánchez’s side will visit Red Bull Bragantino in the Nabi Abi Chedid Stadium.
Source: Ambito
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