Blooming beats Santa Cruz in an exciting match
Blooming beat Santa Cruz 4-1 in a thrilling encounter that took place at the Ramón Aguilera Costas Stadium in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The match, corresponding to matchday 12 of the Bolivian First Division Clausura, was marked by intensity and the number of goals.
The home side started well and took the lead in the 2nd minute thanks to a goal from O. Arce, assisted by D. Aponte. However, Santa Cruz reacted quickly and C. Abastoflor, assisted by J. Pajoy, equalized in the 9th minute.
The match remained balanced for a while, but Blooming regained the lead in the 20th minute with another goal from O. Arce, this time assisted by J. Arce.
In the second half, the match became more physical and was interrupted by several yellow cards. S. Navarro and E. Gonzalez were booked for Santa Cruz, while A. Figuera saw a yellow card for Blooming.
The key moment of the match came in the 65th minute, when E. Vaca Hurtado of Santa Cruz received a red card for a hard tackle. Blooming took advantage of their numerical superiority and scored again in the 79th minute, with D. Aponte scoring the fourth goal, assisted by F. Arismendi.
Blooming dominated possession (53%) and had 11 shots (5 on target, 6 off target), while Santa Cruz had 47% possession and only 7 shots (1 on target, 5 off target). Despite the defeat, Santa Cruz put in a good performance, creating danger in attack and showing a fighting spirit.
Blooming’s victory places them as one of the strong teams in the tournament, while Santa Cruz will need to recover from this defeat to face the next challenges.
Substitutions santa cruz: at minute 46 J. Caicedo came in and J. Ibanez went out., at minute 76 R. Suarez came in and S. Navarro went out., at minute 76 B. Moreno came in and L. Ruano went out., at minute 76 H. Antelo came in and S. Pozo went out.
Substitutions blooming: at minute 72 S. Garzon came in and C. Menacho went out., at minute 80 R. Spenhay came in and J. Arce went out., at minute 85 R. Cuellar Orti came in and F. Arismendi went out., at minute 85 R. Gomez Miranda came in and M. Villarroel went out., at minute 85 O. Siles came in and M. A. Becerra went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Blooming
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Santa Cruz
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