Copa Libertadores: Always Ready and Deportivo Cali seals tie to suit Boca

During their visit to La Paz, Deportivo Cali saved an important draw as a guest against always ready, who were unable to support a 2-0 lead on the scoreboard. Thus, one of the main beneficiaries of this result is the Boca Juniors, who, despite the continuation last in Group E of the Copa Libertadores, is just one point away from second place and, therefore, from qualifying for the round of 16.

On the opening day of the competition, Xeneizes fans suffered a goal from William Burdisso, who signed the law first and opened up scoring in favor of the Colombian team, which resulted in a 2-0 win. This time, both fans celebrated the 33 -year -old central defender’s goal, who scored 2-2 definitely against the Bolivian team.

This way, when the third date ended, Corinthians, who beat Boca 2-0 on Tuesday, led Group E with six points. Below are Deportivo Cali and Always Ready, both with four units. For its part, Sebastián Battaglia’s team is marching last with three points.

Next Wednesday, Boca will travel to the Bolivian capital to tackle the Always Ready at altitude. Undoubtedly, more than important match for the classification, because victory will keep them in the fight for access to the next stage, while the defeat would seriously compromise his dreams of staying alive in global competition.

The narrative of the bond between Always Ready and Deportivo Cali

The local team started the game with a clear search plan for the rival goal, though they found a rival well and neatly placed on all of its lines.

As the minutes passed, Deportivo Cali gradually overtook their players and stopped returning to their field. So, one of his clearest scoring opportunities came through Jhon Vásquez.

The first goal came 35 minutes into the first half, when the Argentine Mark Riquelme He opened the scoring by converting the penalty charged by Ecuadorian judge Augusto Aragón, who handed down the maximum penalty after a foul on Ecuadorian Jhonatan Borja.

The goal is to wake up rivals, with at least two chances to make it 1-1. However, as they neared the board, the Bolivians ’second goal came thanks to a right corner by Juan Carlos“ Conejo ”Arce.

Everything seems to indicate that locals are going to the locker room with the advantage of two purposes. However, in the final game of the first half, the referee took the hand from Sergio Adrián inside the area and Kevin Velasco discounted from 12 steps.

In the second half, Deportivo Cali tried with arguments to reach equality. He quickly had the prize: ten minutes later, Burdisso pushed the ball into the net to float inside the area after a corner kick.

After the draw, both teams looked for a goal that would give them three points. The Colombian team was one of the most at risk, but it was then that Paraguayan goalkeeper Arnaldo Giménez became a figure, repeatedly preventing visitors from scoring.

With information from EFE

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