The atigrados pressed in the end. They were denied a penalty and came close to equalizing.
Bolivia's superclassic went to Bolivar. La Academia defeated The Strongest 1-0 last night at the Hernando Siles stadium. They returned to the top of the standings in the B series and ended a three-game drought without beating their traditional rival.
It was an intense, tough match, with a permissive referee who allowed too many hits, in addition to a dubious play at the end that could have changed the history of the game.
El Tigre did not hold anything back, they gave their soccer especially in the second half, which helped the show.
The first half belonged to Bolívar. The light blue team had control of the ball, took the initiative and had the clearest options to make the difference.
Patricio Rodriguez was the driver of the Academy, caused more than one headache with his skill and even got the atigrados off their feet.
The Aurinegros had a glimpse of the rival goal after five minutes, but it was not because of an elaborate play, but because of a complication by Yomar Rocha who played back to Rubén Cordano. The goalkeeper hesitated and put his goal at risk.
Two minutes later, Leonel Justiniano filtered a pass to Bruno Savio, the Brazilian played to Francisco da Costa who shot and smashed the ball against Jhohan Gutiérrez's post.
The Celestes opted for a showy game, tried to come out with the ball under control and the crosses made the home team's last line a lot of work.
At 16', the Tigre arrived with a free kick. Fernando Saucedo took the cross and Prost came close to scoring when Cordano failed to get out of the way.
At 33', Gabriel Villamil came out playing with Savio, crossed for Da Costa, but the Brazilian collided with the goalkeeper.
Five minutes later came the first goal. In a free kick, Rodriguez played with Fernandez who took a shot that beat the goalkeeper of the Decano (1-0).
The Achumani team tried to wake up and take advantage of Cordano's doubts, but without results.
The Celeste's supremacy continued on the field, and the second could have come at 46' in another play, but Rodriguez's shot crashed into the left-hand wall.
In the second half, the Atigrados came out more determined, with Henry Vaca in the 53rd and 55th minutes, but the equalizer was not forthcoming.
The Academy regained control of the game in minute 57 when Rodríguez tried a shot from half distance. A minute later, Justiniano tried to score but the post said no to his effort. At 62' it was Savio's turn and at 64' Fernández came close to the second goal.
At 77', Tigre loosened their grip and came close to equalizing. Jaime Arrascaita made a pass to Trivero, but Cordano saved it.
At 80', Vaca made a great individual play and five minutes later, after another shot by the midfielder, Triverio was stopped by Martins; it was a penalty, but the referee did not take it.
In the end, the Academia ended up defending and could have equalized, but the "atigrados" were unable to score.
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