After two games without a win, Sporting Cristal regained victory on matchday 17 of the Clausura tournament with a 2-0 win against Sport Huancayo at the Alberto Gallardo Stadium.
The tie remained until the 16th minute Joao Grimaldo He penetrated the penalty area from the left wing to beat Rodrigo Colombo and find the far post by Ángel Zamudio.
After the 1-0 in favor of the host, Rojo Matador struggled to equalize the score, but the defense of the outstanding team and the inaccuracies in the attack of Sport Huancayo prevented the 1-1.
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Those led by Tiago Nunes They gained importance in the aftermath and in the 70th minute Alejandro Hohberg appeared to break the visitors’ goal. However, the VAR intervened to declare the goal invalid due to an advanced position of the “10”.
Although his score was annulled, Hohberg got his revenge at 90+10 minutes after the referee awarded a penalty for a handball in the penalty area. The beer midfielder successfully took twelve steps and secured three important points.
“It was very important to win, there are two games left, after the defeat against Cusco FC we lost the opportunity to rely on ourselves. “We will try to win these two games and hope that the ‘U’ loses or draws to overtake them and keep up with the last game,” he explained. Yoshimar Yotun after the meeting.
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With this result, Sporting Cristal reached 33 points and is only 2 points away from the top of the Clausura tournament, while Sport Huancayo is in sixth place with 26 points.
The next day the Rimense team will visit Cienciano at the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega stadium. On the other hand, Rojo Matador hosts the Sport Boys at the IPD Stadium in Huancayo.
Did you know…
Scorer. With 6 goals, Joao Grimaldo is the player who has scored the most goals with Cristal in the current Clausura tournament.
Expelled. Jesús Pretell was sent off shortly before the end for a hard challenge against Colombo, which was reviewed by VAR.