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Universitario Secures Narrow Victory in Cusco
In a match held at the Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega in Cusco, Universitario secured a valuable victory against Cusco FC on the second matchday of the Peruvian Primera División. The match, officiated by Kevin Ortega, was marked by clear dominance in ball possession by the home team (65%), who generated a total of 19 shots, although only 6 found the target. Universitario, on the other hand, opted for a more direct game, with 35% possession and 11 shots, 4 of them on target.
The score was opened in the 58th minute thanks to a goal by Alex Valera, assisted by J. Carabali, giving the visiting team the lead. However, Cusco did not give up and continued to seek the equalizer, which finally came in the 90th minute through a penalty converted by F. Callejo. Despite the final effort of the home team, Universitario managed to defend their lead and took all three points. The match was intense, with a total of 10 fouls committed by Universitario and 12 by Cusco. The visiting team also accumulated four yellow cards, while Cusco managed to avoid warnings.
Substitutions universitario: at minute 46 A. Santamaria came in and W. Riveros went out., at minute 69 L. Alzugaray came in and J. Murrugarra went out., at minute 77 J. Concha came in and H. Fertoli went out., at minute 81 H. Ancajima came in and A. Corzo went out.
Substitutions cusco: at minute 66 C. Diez came in and G. Carabajal went out., at minute 66 N. Silva came in and J. Manzaneda went out., at minute 81 C. Gamarra came in and J. Bolivar went out., at minute 81 L. Colitto came in and J. Tevez went out., at minute 90 O. Valenzuela came in and D. Soto went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Cusco
Universitario
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