Defeat of Deportivo Cuenca at the start of the Women’s Copa Libertadores

An unconverted penalty and a defensive error ended with the defeat of Deportivo Cuenca (1-0) against Independiente Santa Fe in his debut for the group A of the Women’s Libertadores Cup, which began on Wednesday in Asunción, Paraguay.

Three minutes from the start of the game, the lionesses had the option to open the scoreboard after a hand from Nubiluz Rangel in the area. Madelin Riera was charged with the penalty, but her shot was deflected by the goalkeeper Luz Tapia.

The two squads had goal options, but Riera lost the duel with Tapia again in a ball leaked to the area, that the captain of Cuenca could not define before the closing of the Colombian goalkeeper.

For the complement, Independiente arrived with insistence and Andrea Morán was a figure in the red bow, but a defensive error cost the defeat for the directed of Wendy Villón.

Samanta Avilés could not clear a ball that fell in the area and left served for auction of Fany Gauto (79 minutes), who scored the only goal of the commitment at the Manuel Ferreira stadium in Asunción.

In the same series, Ferroviária, defending champion, beat the Paraguayans of Sol de América 3-0. With goals from Suzane, Carol Tavares and Raquel, the Brazilians began their path in defending the title and the third crown in the Copa Libertadores record.

At B Group, the Paraguayan Cerro Porteño debuted with a 1-0 victory against Santiago Morning of Chile, with annotation by Lourdes González.

For this series, the Brazilian Avaí Kindermann defeated Venezuelan Yaracuyanos 4-0 with so many from Caty, Patrícia, Lele and Cássia.

Group C begins this Thursday with games between Deportivo Cali and Alianza Lima, in addition to the duel between University of Chile and Real Tomayapo from Bolivia.

For group D are measured Corinthians and San Lorenzo from Argentina, while Nacional de Uruguay will collide with the Paraguayan Deportivo Capiatá. (D)