Sport Huancayo coach euphoric in celebration of the goal against Nacional for Copa Libertadores

Sport Huancayo faced Nacional for the first leg of phase 1 of the Copa Libertadores

First scream. The Peruvian team of Sport Huancayo played their first match for Phase 1 of the Copa Libertadores 2023 at the Huancayo stadium. The ‘rojo matador’ dominated Nacional from Paraguay in the first half, but failed to specify his goal options. However, starting the second half they were able to open the scoring and take the lead.

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The ‘rojo matador’ was left with the victory at home and will go to Asunción in search of the ticket to the second round.

The first goal of this edition of the continental tournament came from a collective play by Sport Huancayo on the right wing. Carlos Ross launched a cross that was headed into the far post by Alexis Rojas who connected and the ball hit the crossbar, the rebound hit Carlos Escobar remains, who finishes off the goal to make it 1 to 0 in favor of the locals after 52 minutes.

The goal unleashed the wild cry of the Sport Huancayo coach, Mifflin Bermúdez, who knelt down and yelled at the goal that gave the locals the momentary advantage. It was the first goal in his debut as a coach in an international tournament.

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Mifflin Bermúdez’s team will measure forces tomorrow with the Paraguayans for the first phase of the Conmebol competition.

For his first official match of the year, Bermúdez put Ángel Zamudio, Víctor Balta, Jimmy Valoyes, Rodrigo Colombo, Alfredo Rojas, Leonardo Villar, Marcos Lliuya, Alex Rojas, Luis Benites, Carlos Ross and Carlos Escobar on the pitch.

In the final minutes of the match, Ronal Huaccha managed to score the 2-1 victory and with it, he cut the streak of 18 games without the Peruvian teams being able to win in the Copa Libertadores. The Huancaínos will seek in Asunción to seal their classification and later face Sporting Cristal in Phase 2.

Mifflin Bermúdez, Sport Huancayo coach, celebrated Carlos Escobar’s goal.

In the midst of the legal dispute over the broadcasting rights in League 1 between the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) and the Peru Football Consortium (GOLPERÚ), and the political and social situation that Peru is going through, Sport Huancayo came to his match for Phase 1 of the Copa Libertadores 2023 without playing any official match.

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The ‘rojo matador’ will play his debut in the international tournament at his venue this Tuesday, February 7, but it will be without an audience as a measure to protect the fans, he announced in a statement.

The first and second dates of League 1, which were scheduled for the end of January, were not played because there were no security guarantees due to the tense situation in the country. In addition, he won his match valid for the third date of the tournament by ‘walkover’, because the Cusco FC team did not show up, since it is against the FPF managing television rights.

However, Sport Huancayo will also not add other official matches prior to the return match in Asunción on February 14, since the ‘Wanka’ team will have to rest on the fourth date of League 1.

The Huancayo team would face Cienciano on February 19 for the decentralized championship, however, the “Papá” team is one of the teams that is not participating due to the dispute over TV rights, although the FPF announced that An agreement would have been reached for all teams to participate in date 4 of League 1.

Subsequently, on February 26 they would face Alianza Atlético on a visit, on March 5 against Cantolao at the locals, on March 12 against Unión Comercio on a visit and finally, on March 19 at the premises they will play against the ‘blue and white’ team ‘, Lima Alliance.

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