English:
Cerro Porteño falls to Sporting Cristal in a thrilling match
Lima, May 14, 2025 – Sporting Cristal defeated Cerro Porteño in a CONMEBOL Libertadores group stage match played at the Estadio Nacional de Lima. The final score reflected the home team’s superiority, who dominated possession and created more scoring chances.
The match was marked by high tension, with a total of 13 yellow cards and one red card for Cerro Porteño. J. Iturbe scored the only goal for Cerro Porteño in the 14th minute, assisted by F. Carrizo. Despite the early goal, Sporting Cristal controlled the game, shooting 17 times (7 on target) compared to Cerro Porteño’s 12 (4 on target). Possession was also clearly in favor of the home side, with 68% to the visitors’ 32%. The expulsion of J. Torres in the 84th minute further complicated things for Cerro Porteño. The referee was Facundo Raul Tello Figueroa from Argentina.
Substitutions sporting cristal: at minute 25 J. Lora came in and L. Sosa went out., at minute 46 N. Pasquini came in and R. Lutiger went out., at minute 63 J. Alarcon came in and C. Cabellos went out., at minute 72 M. Castro came in and F. Pacheco went out., at minute 72 I. Avila came in and G. Chavez went out.
Substitutions cerro porteno: at minute 73 B. Valdez came in and F. Carrizo went out., at minute 73 G. Aguayo came in and J. Iturbe went out., at minute 80 S. Araujo came in and C. Dominguez went out., at minute 90 J. Morel came in and D. Leon went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Sporting Cristal
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Cerro Porteno
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