The National Stadium hosted the Sporting Cristal vs Sport Huancayo match on Saturday, May 12 for the Torneo de Verano title. The celestes won 1-0 and celebrated.
In a tough match, which had two expulsions, although the visitor's was quite early and when they were already behind on the scoreboard, Sporting Cristal was crowned champion of the Torneo de Verano and also qualifies directly to the semifinals for the national title.
The only goal of the match came in the 57th minute, thanks to Renzo Revoredo, who controlled the ball clearly and took a high and powerful shot upon exit of Joel Pinto.
Just champion. Sporting Cristal dominated the match from start to finish and everything became simpler for them when they opened the scoring and with Neumann's expulsion, who committed a criminal foul against Cazulo.
Celebrate celestes, you are the rightful champions.
Sporting Cristal vs Sport Huancayo | incidents
90+3 min Final whistle. Sporting Cristal is the champion of the Torneo de Verano and advances directly to the semifinals for the national title.
90+1 min Ballón sent off.
85 min Sporting Cristal enters the final stretch of the match dominating.
78 min Uffff, Herrera's goal almost arrived, but his header went wide.
73 min Ufffff, Costa was going on a counter-attack, but he chipped the ball too much and lost it.
68 min Lobatón comes on and Gómez leaves for Sporting Cristal.
64 min Sport Huancayo is losing, they are left with 10 players and the one sent off was their number 9. Everything is uphill from now on.
62 min Straight red card for Neumann for a brutal foul against Cazulo. He has nothing to complain about and Sport Huancayo is left with 10 players.
58 min Ufffffff, Neumann heads the ball and Patricio Álvarez saves it to the corner. The equalizer almost came in that minute.
57 min Gooooooal for Sporting Cristal, gooooal for Renzo Revoredo.
56 min Uffffffff, Costa's free kick and Pinto makes a great save.
53 min Hard foul by Cazulo. He received a yellow card. He could have been sent off.
47 min Ballón crosses and Herrera couldn't score against Pinto's exit. Both are in bad shape. Cord Cleque is wrong, he only watched Ballón cross.
45 min The second half has begun.
HALFTIME
45 min End of the first half. It's 0-0 at halftime.
39 min Dangerous play by Sport Huancayo, but Marcio Valverde is caught offside.
31 min Ufffffffff, Cazulo did everything right, but he sent it wide in the one-on-one. Herrera is furious, he was at his side to score.
29 min Shot by Neumann that went wide. Sport Huancayo is very weak in attack.
27 min Cristal keeps insisting. Huancayo doesn't know how to attack.
23 min Shot by Gabriel Costa that Pinto deflects.
22 min Dangerous free kick for Sporting Cristal.
17 min Sporting Cristal continues to dominate, but can't find the way. Sport Huancayo is in defensive mode.
11 min Shot by Ballón that went high. Herrera was alone on the side.
9 min Sport Huancayo can't string together more than 3 passes. Many mistakes in delivery when they are on the attack.
7 min Ufffffffffff, Gabriel Costa shoots on target, Pinto touches it and the post prevents the goal for Sporting Cristal.
6 min Uffff, Calcaterra reached the endline, but his cross didn't reach Herrera.
5 min Scrappy and inaccurate match. Sporting Cristal can't get past three-quarter field.
2 min Yellow card to Gabriel Costa for simulating a penalty.
0 min The match has started.
Preview Good evening, friends. The lineups for the match have been confirmed.
Sporting Cristal vs Sport Huancayo | Lineups
Sporting Cristal: Patricio Álvarez, Jair Céspedes, O. Merlo, Renzo Revoredo, J. Madrid, Josepmir Ballón, Jorge Cazulo, Horacio Calcaterra, Gabriel Costa, F. Gómez, Emanuel Herrera.
Sport Huancayo: Joel Pinto, Manuel Corrales, R. Salinas, Cord Cleque, R. Colombo, Marcio Valverde, R. Salcedo, Alfredo Rojas, M. Lliuya, C. Neumann, Jean Deza.
Sporting Cristal vs Sport Huancayo | Preview
Sporting Cristal is confident of a victory this Saturday against Sport Huancayo to win the Torneo de Verano in Lima, following the 1-1 draw in the first leg of the final.
Cristal started the year as the league leader from the early stages thanks to the goal-scoring power of Argentine striker Emanuel Herrera, who has scored 17 goals.
As the absolute leader of Group A, Sporting Cristal drew 1-1 in the first leg of the final, in which Gabriel Costa and Paraguayan Carlos Neumann scored the goals.
The 'celeste' team, led by Chilean Mario Salas, will qualify for the quadrangular for the Peruvian national title if they win.
If the Saturday match at the National Stadium ends in a draw, the teams will go to a penalty shootout.
The weapon of Sport Huancayo to seek the victory is precisely Neumann, who with 14 goals has been their top scorer in the team that won Group B.
The Paraguayan is a specialist in headers and when he enters the box, he is an imminent threat to his opponents.
Sport Huancayo, led by Argentine Marcelo Grioni, is the only Peruvian team that qualified for the second stage of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana, after beating Unión Española from Chile 3-0 at the Huancayo Stadium, which is located over 3,000 meters above sea level.