No more than two minutes into the game and Rafael Viotti scored the first goal for Santiago Wanderers. Chilean Matías Fernández passed by the right wing, surpassed an opponent and made the cross for the attacker to push it and beat Diego Penny for the 1-0 of the Chilean club against Melgar in the Copa Libertadores.
Chilean Santiago Wanderers wants to scare away the ghosts that have surrounded them in recent months, when they were relegated to the second division, and enjoy this Tuesday a boost against Peruvian Melgar, whom they will host in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores phase 2.
Melgar arrived in Chile on Sunday night with a delegation of eighteen players and three absences due to injury, including their captain, Ysrael Zúñiga, who suffered a tear in his left thigh.
Mexican coach Enrique Meza will hand over the responsibility of leading the team to his compatriot Omar Tejeda and the goal-scoring duties to Argentine Bernardo Cuesta.
The team from Arequipa comes with the precedent of having beaten Colombian Once Caldas 3-0 in a friendly match played last week.