Deportivo La Guaira produced a composed and gritty performance to beat Portuguesa FC 3-0 at the General José Antonio Páez stadium in Araure. Despite being reduced to nine players after two red cards, the visitors claimed their first win in the Liga FUTVE Final Phase A and moved into second place in the group.
Goals at the General Páez
The match started at a lively pace, but it was the visitors who opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Juan Castellanos finished precisely to beat the home goalkeeper.
Deep into stoppage time at the end of the first half, Anthony Uribe, known as El Matatán, converted a penalty in the 45+11th minute to make it 2-0 at the break.
Portuguesa pushed higher after the interval in search of a way back, but Deportivo La Guaira settled the contest in the 64th minute when Jesús González scored to make it 3-0.
Holding on with nine men
The win carries extra weight given the physical toll on the coastal side, who had to withstand the home team’s pressure while down to nine players. Their defensive solidity and tactical discipline kept a clean sheet until the final whistle.
The result takes Deportivo La Guaira to 5 points and into second place in Group A, five points behind leaders Carabobo FC. Carabobo recently beat Metropolitanos FC in Caracas.
Source: www.balonazos.com
