Sports Huancayo seeks his pass to the next phase of Liberators against National of Asuncióna team eliminated from the competition by a Peruvian club 18 years ago.
This Tuesday, February 14, Sport will visit Huancayo Nacional de Paraguay at the Defensores del Chaco stadium. The Huancaíno team will be vying for a place in Phase 2 of the Copa Libertadores. The squad passed Mifflin Bermudez It intends to be the second Peruvian club to annul the Asunción team in a direct elimination round. The “Red Matador” starts with a slight lead, because they won the first leg agonizingly 2-1.
happy memories
The last time Nacional from Paraguay played a mata mata against a Peruvian side was in 2006. In the first phase of the tournament, the Asuncion side met University of Sports. Despite a tie at the end, the Peru team reached the group stage.
After beating Nacional, Universitario joined the Libertadores’ Group 5 along with Vélez, LDU de Quito and Rocha. Photo: EFE
On January 24, an entertaining game of goals and own goals drew 2-2. In the 62nd minute, Paraguayan defender Germán Centurión scored from his own fence. a minute later, Jose Moisela With a powerful free kick, he made up for the “U”.
However, Moisela scored an own goal after 66 minutes trying to save the ball. When it seemed that the locals would achieve victory at the last minute, it appeared Gaston Sangoi mark parity.
The return took place on January 31 at the Monumental Stadium. And this despite the fact that the creams played with one man less for almost an hour because of the expulsion Joel Herrera, the Meringues kept the zero in goal and made it into Group 5 of the Libertadores with the final 0:0. The students earned the pass for scoring more visitor goals.