Lima, May 6 (EFE) .- Lanús defeated the Peruvian Melgar on Tuesday and took the leadership of the G Group of the South American Cup, waiting for the game that the Venezuelan Puerto Cabello and the Basque Brazilian da Gama will play on Wednesday.
A goal conquered at 84 minutes by Diego Medina was enough to seal the victory of the Argentines, who reached 8 points in the area, three more than the Basque and four over the Melgar.
Although the Melgar dominated throughout the first half, with a game in the extreme Kenji Cabrera, he lacked clarity to arrive with danger to the goal defended by Nahuel Losada, with few options for his striker Cristian Bordacahar, who wore disconnected from the creative lines of his team.
Lanús, on the other hand, concentrated on his defensive work and launched very few attempts to countergolpe, although one of them forced, at 27, goalkeeper Jorge Cabezudo to show his reflexes to cut a direct auction from Alexis Segovia.
-After going to the break without major setbacks, both teams returned to the second half with the slogan of maintaining the libretto, although it was the Lanús who returned to the first option of opening the account, when a shot of Ramiro Carrera was arrested again by Cabezudo.
Melgar insisted, on the other hand, with attacks through the center and the search for Cabrera, the most skilled of his players, who always sought to enable striker Percy Liza, who had replaced Bordacahar.
Although the Peruvians had in the following minutes with two shots of Tomás Martínez and Pier Barrios who passed very close to the Argentine goal, it was Lanús that surprised at 84, when Medina connected a rebound between the local defenses to win with a cross shot to Cabezudo.
In the last minutes, the Melgar continued to fight to go to the front, although with little clarity and resources, while Lanús became strong in the background to ensure a victory that has left him at a step away to the next phase of the South American. EFE
