04/15/2021 at 4:58 am CEST
. / Montevideo
the Couple from the city of Montevideo beat this Wednesday at Phoenix par 0-2 and they have qualified for the group stage of the South American Cup in which they will face Argentina’s Independiente, Brazilian Bahia and Bolivian Guabirá. In this way, the Uruguayan team emulated their English brother, Manchester City, who beat Borussia Dortmund in Germany within hours and qualified for the Champions League semi-finals, thus completing a great day for City Football Group teams.
In Alfredo Víctor Viera Park, knowing that a goal as a visitor would lead him to the group stage, the citizen team came out to attack from the start of the match. With their forward wingers and Santiago Rodríguez in the center, those led by Pablo Marini used every possible route to get closer to the goal defended by Panamanian Luis Mejía. At 19 minutes, a good maneuver from Andrew Teuten on the left and a failure of the Fenix defense when the ball came out of the area allowed him to Gustavo del Prete capture a ball and perform a powerful shot which has become the first goal of the game.
With the 0-1 in favor, Montevideo City continued to attack and were able to secure the second on several occasions, although with the passage of minutes his intensity diminished. Towards the end of the first part, the Phoenix equalized and approached several times. However, those led by Juan Ramón Carrasco were not well defined and failed to put goalkeeper Gastón Guruceaga in trouble.
At the start of the second half, the locals definitely went on the attack with a system that had up to six attacking footballers and which caused them to take various risks at the back. At around 60 minutes, an impressive triple save from Guruceaga, who made his debut for Montevideo City on Wednesday, drowned Brian Olivera.
With 15 minutes left in the game, the visitor ended up with ten footballers due to the expulsion of Santiago Scotto, a situation that allowed the Phoenix to advance further on the opposite ground. However, the one who found the goal was Montevideo City after a counterattack launched by Sebastián Guerrero which topped the youngster. Franco Catalozzi after another decisive pass from Teuten. Thus, the match ended 0-2 in favor of those led by Marini, who will host Bahia in Montevideo on April 21.
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