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Santa Cruz and Always Ready Draw in an Emotion-Packed Match
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia – In a vibrant and emotion-packed match, Santa Cruz and Always Ready drew 2-2 in the 13th round of the Bolivian Primera División Clausura. The match was played at the Estadio Real Santa Cruz and was marked by the expulsion of two players and a plethora of yellow cards.
The match started with a goal by L. Ruano for Santa Cruz in the 8th minute, but Always Ready responded quickly with a missed penalty by C. Lucumi in the 16th minute. However, Lucumi himself managed to tie the game in the 90th minute.
The first half was full of controversy. L. Ruano received a yellow card in the 15th minute, while M. Suarez saw yellow in the 26th minute after a goal of his was disallowed for handball. J. Pajoy also saw yellow in the 26th minute and J. Caicedo in the 29th. A. Terrazas was sent off with a red card in the 39th minute, leaving Always Ready with one man down. Before the break, Santa Cruz accumulated three more yellow cards, two for J. Pajoy and one for E. Montero, and a red card for J. Pajoy.
The second half started with a goal by J. Caicedo in the 46th minute, which gave Santa Cruz the lead again. The home team continued to press, but Always Ready managed to equalize the score in the last minute with a goal by J. Martinez.
Despite the expulsion of two players, the match was played with great intensity and both teams had opportunities to score. Santa Cruz had more possession of the ball (35%) and made 8 shots, 3 of them on target. Always Ready had 65% possession, 24 shots, 12 on target, and 6 corners.
The draw leaves both teams in the middle of the table. Santa Cruz remains in the fight for qualifying spots, while Always Ready needs to add points to get closer to the leaders.
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Substitutions always ready: at minute 31 J. Briceno came in and C. Lucumi went out., at minute 56 J. Martinez came in and M. Paniagua went out., at minute 74 E. Paniagua came in and E. Taborga went out.
Substitutions santa cruz: at minute 58 M. Ovando came in and J. Caicedo went out., at minute 65 B. Moreno came in and E. Gonzalez went out., at minute 65 J. Lara came in and G. Mendoza went out., at minute 87 L. Coplot came in and C. Abastoflor went out., at minute 87 R. Suarez came in and S. Navarro went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Santa Cruz
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Always Ready
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