Sporting Cristal defeated The Strongest in an agonizing match for the fifth round of the Copa Libertadores

The Hernando Siles stadium in La Paz, was witness to how the Peruvian team defended their game to win with goals from Brenner Marlos and Washington Corozo, where also one of the players of the Rimense team was affected by the red card.

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It was precisely defender Gianfranco Chávez who was removed from the field due to expulsion after committing a hard tackle on Enrique Triverio, where the referee did not hesitate to show him a yellow card, and due to accumulation, he was affected by the exit leaving his team with 10 players in the 30th minute of the match.

In the face of this unfortunate situation, Chávez took advantage of his social networks to apologize for putting the Rímac team in danger for the rest of the international match. "Sorry to all my teammates, coaching staff, and all the Celeste people," accompanied by a photograph of his teammates hugging.

Automatically, one of his teammates who did not stop supporting him with some emotional words was Ignacio Da Silva, who posted a story on Instagram of a photo of both to give emotional support to Gianfranco Chávez. "Always together my brother."

After this victory, Cristal returned to the fight in Group D of the Copa Libertadores, and for the sixth round they will have to face Fluminense as visitors on June 27 at 7:00 pm Peru time and 9:00 pm Brazil time. The team led by Tiago Nunes must return to Lima with the three points in their pocket.