Says the proverb: "what starts badly, ends badly," this happened during the 2021 campaign of the Mighty of the South that, due to bad decisions and constant changes in the coaching staff, caused them to be relegated.
Yesterday, in a match in which the highlanders had to risk everything to ensure their stay in the top category, they ended up losing in the penalty shootout against a Carlos Stein that did enough to return to Liga 1. In the 90 minutes of the match, the highlanders lost 1-0, which forced everything to be decided in the penalty shootout.
Bad luck played against the "Mighty of the South" who, just at the beginning of the match, lost their main goal scorer. Ecuadorian Marlon De Jesus got injured and was replaced by Willyam Mimbela. The first half ended goalless but with many chances for both teams.
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In the second half, Carlos Stein's coach Jhair Butrón made some changes to give more offensive weight to his attack, such as the presence of Cusqueño Paolo Mendez, Andrés López, and Colombian Rodin Quiñones.
Meanwhile, Binacional's coach Carlos Desio preferred to hold on to the minimal advantage they got in the first leg. But misfortune struck once again with Mimbela's injury, who was replaced by a young player, Leonardo De La Cruz.
Around the 77th minute of the second half, a header by Uruguayan Maximiliano Freitas put Carlos Stein ahead in the scoreline. With this result, the match ended, and they went to the penalty shootout.
Binacional didn't do well and lost. The mighty of the south loses their category after remaining four years in it and achieving a national championship in 2019. On that occasion, they defeated Alianza Lima in the final.