The ‘Lion’ is back! A couple of weeks ago, melgar He lived in the midst of uncertainty: he could not find his best version in the 1st League or in the Copa Sudamericana. However, in recent days, the ‘red and black’ made it clear that little by little he is adapting to the philosophy of Mariano Soso: last Wednesday, for example, he crushed the Board of Trustees 5-0 in the international contest and this Saturday he returned to hug each other in Arequipa, after the 2-1 binational. Who scored for the homeowners? As usual, the ‘9′ Bernardo Cuesta and -in turn- Alexis Arias; With this result, they added three key points for the accumulated table (for now they are in 8th place, with 25 units).
The ‘red and black’ started the game with his foot on the accelerator, since after 3 minutes he was about to open the scoring. Midfielder Walter Tandazo sent a cross to Bernardo Cuesta, who won the passing game. Yes, everything indicated that the local team was close to making it 1-0; However, the ‘Powerful of the South’ reacted and celebrated after 18 minutes: Brandon Palacios appeared at the far post and did not miss Andy Polar’s assistance. Be careful, the visit came with all the motivation, since in the previous day he thrashed Mannucci 3-0.
Now, before the end of the first stage, a key blow came for Mariano Soso’s men: Jhamir D’Arrigo entered the area and was knocked down by Roberto Villamarín. Of course, Bernardo Cuesta assumed responsibility, squared off from the twelve steps and did not forgive. He won the duel against goalkeeper Diego Enríquez. An important detail: Arequipeños have been undefeated for four days.
For the start of the complementary stage, Melgar once again went out with his foot on the accelerator. At 48′ Alexis Arias entered the area and took a strong right hand. The ball hit the Binacional defense and when everything indicated that it was entering the visitor’s goal, it hit the post. Now, his fortune had so much insistence at 53 ‘: on this occasion Arias was able to celebrate. The assistance was from Jhamir D’Arrigo.
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The red and black team arrived motivated after widely beating Patronato, on the fifth date of the Copa Libertadores. Those led by Mariano Soso came out strong on the field, managing to win 5-0 against the Argentine team, with goals from Bernardo Cuesta (a brace), Cristian Bordacahar, Tomás Martínez and Jhamir D’Arrigo.
Previously, Melgar tied with Universidad César Vallejo 2-2, taking a step forward to climb to 11th place in the table by 22 points, product of five wins, seven draws and five losses). At home, ‘Domino’ won four of eight games, losing only twice.
The ‘Powerful of the South’, for his part, made the house respected in the match against Carlos A. Mannucci. Dominating much of the game, they opened the account in just 15 minutes of play, and expanded shortly before going to rest. Back in action, Juliaca’s team came out strong to take the 3-0 victory.
With this result, Binacional advanced to 16th place in the table, with 18 units (five wins, three draws and nine losses). In visiting conditions, José Mauro Díaz’s men lost six of eight games, saving only two draws.
It should be noted that the last meeting between the two squads took place at the end of September of last year, within the framework of the Clausura 2023 Tournament. On that occasion, Melgar was the team that won the 2-1 victory against the Juliaqueño team.
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