Bolívar starred this Wednesday in his first victory in the 63rd edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, beating the Venezuelan Deportivo Lara (2-3) as a visitor and beyond the transcendent for maintaining an unbeaten record of almost 28 years on Venezuelan soil, he added three invaluable points, which now leave him well placed for the rematch in La Paz and seek the ticket to the second phase.
The national team was down on the scoreboard twice, reacted at the right time and came from behind to win in a match that at times went back and forth with five goals.
The start was turbulent for the national credit, he endured a locker room goal before five minutes, equalized and conceded again minutes later. Then his forcefulness in attack and his Brazilian army shone, which gave the stature on the field of Agustín Tovar.
The merit of the Bolivian team was overcoming the adversity of losing and responding with well-strung attacks between their midfielders and their forwards.
Bruno Sávio and Francisco da Costa converted the sky-blue goals, the latter scoring a brace, but both were also a nightmare for the local defense.
The defensive line was the weak point of the Academy that had serious problems when his opponent attacked him with long balls and plays through the air. The absence of defender César Martins was noted in the La Paz squad, lacking order in its last line.
Rodney Chirinos opened the account for the 'rojinegro' two minutes into the first half, the midfielder received the ball at the entrance of the area and took a powerful right-handed shot to the angle, which beat Rubén Cordano.
Bolívar took center stage after the hot flash. He found parity through Bruno Sávio. He headed in a cross from Gabriel Villamil that left goalkeeper Luis Curiel without a chance in the 20th minute.
The joy did not last long, seven minutes later the llanero defender Diego Meleán also responded by way of the area, he rose higher than the sky-blue central defenders and hit a header that defeated the goalkeeper.
From then on, the sky blue dominated the actions at the impulse of his Brazilian duet. At 33 Da Costa cushioned the ball with his chest, settled down and finished off with force, his shot was not well contained by the rival goalkeeper and nested at the bottom of the net.
Da Costa himself closed figures in minute 39. Rodríguez, Sávio and the center forward joined forces and found space and executed a low shot, unattainable for Curiel.
In the complement the pace of the game slowed down, the Bolivian handed over the initiative to his antagonist and went on a counterattack. Lara had chances to equalize but missed on the final stitch. The Academy was saved in the final stretch and wasted a couple of offensives that were well conjured up by Curiel.
The rematch is next Wednesday (18:15) in La Paz, Bolívar is enough with a tie to register his name in the next phase where the Ecuadorian Universidad Católica awaits.
DATA
The Academy remains undefeated in four games without losing on Venezuelan soil for the Copa Libertadores, winning two and drawing two away
The sky-blue from La Paz played his 242nd match in the Libertadores, won 95 matches, equaled 53 and lost 94 times.
The light blue midfielder Leonel Justiniano played his 25th match in the Libertadores. He disputed seven times defending Wilstermann's currency and 18 with Bolívar's.
THE FIGURE: DA COSTA
The Brazilian striker contributed two goals to his team but he was also a persevering and participative striker, a nightmare for the rival defense.
THE REFEREE: GOOD
Paraguayan Eber Aquino closely followed the actions and charged according to the regulations. He disallowed a goal for each team due to obvious lead positions.
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