Cerro Porteño out of the South American Cup

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Asuncion, IP Agency.-The Paraguayan team was eliminated from the continental competition after losing 2-1 to Brazilian side Atlético Paranaense.

In the first leg played at the General Pablo Rojas stadium in Asunción, they had tied 1-1.

In this way, Manolo Giménez’s team is prematurely excluded from all international competition, as it was also eliminated from the Conmebol Libertadores.

Summary of the commitment:

CONMEBOL Sudamericana – Playoff (second leg)

Athletico Paranaense (BRA) 2 vs. 1 Cerro Porteño (PAR)

Stadium: Mario Celso Petraglia (Curitiba, Brazil). Referee: Felipe González (Chile). Assistants: José Retamal (Chile) and Miguel Rocha (Chile). Fourth official: Francisco Gilabert (Chile). VAR: Juan Lara (Chile). AVAR: Alan Sandoval (Chile). Goals: 3′ Gonzalo Mastriani and 59′ Tomás Cuello (AP); 68′ Fernando Fernández (CP). Booked: 23′ Fernando Roza, 26′ and 66′ Bruno Zapelli (AP); 30′ Miguel Benítez, 71′ and 83′ Víctor Cabañas (CP). Sent off: 66′ Bruno Zapelli (AP); 83′ Víctor Cabañas (CP).

Lineups:

Athletico Paranaense (2): Leonardo Linck; Kaique Rocha, Thiago Henrique and Lucas Esquivel; Erick Conrado, Fernando Roza (80′ Mateo Gamarra) and Christian Alves (85′ Gabriel Girotto); Tomás Cuello (85′ Leonardo Godoy), Bruno Zapelli and Agustín Canobbio; Gonzalo Mastriani (72′ Lucas Di Yorio). DT.: Martín Varini.

Cerro Porteño (1): Alexis Arias; Coach: Manolo Jimenez.