Sporting Cristal Pays Price for Playing from the Back against Melgar

Sometimes trying to play out from the back has its risks, and that's what happened to Sporting Cristal in Arequipa. Melgar quickly recovered the ball and Patricio Arce was left alone in the area to score the second goal for the red and black team.

In the 16th minute of the match, Hernán Hinostroza stole the ball from the left, dribbled past and left Patricio Arce alone to score the 2-0 with a powerful header.

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The red and black team came out strong and quickly took the lead against a defenseless Sporting Cristal. The first goal was scored by Emanuel Herrera from the penalty spot.

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With this result, Melgar reaches 9 points and Sporting Cristal sinks with only 6 points after 5 games played. The celestes must wake up quickly if they want to at least rescue a point from Arequipa.

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