The Barça team does not have a good time at all in the run-up to the match against Popular for the Copa Libertadores and added their second defeat in a row after losing to Portuguesa.
Colo Colo had no major problems imposing its terms and beating Santiago City 2-0 at the Monumental Stadium, getting tickets to play the quarterfinals of the North Central Zone of the Copa Chile 2023.
Now, the Cacique is preparing to experience days full of action, where they will face Universidad Católica as a visitor and later host Monagas on date 2 of Group F of the Copa Libertadores.
Days away from facing Colo Colo: Monagas falls and adds his second defeat in a row
Precisely, the Venezuelan team took to the field last Sunday to face off against Portuguesa at the Estadio Monumental de Maturín for date 9 of the local league, where they did not have a good time at all and added a new setback before facing the albos.
In this match, DT Jhonny Ferreira dosed and stopped a mixed eleven made up of Orlando Mosquera in the goal; David Guevara, Grenddy Perozo, Christopher Rodríguez and Iván Anderson in defense; Richard Iriarte, Andrés Romero and Saúl Asibe in midfield; Fernando Basante, Abdiel Arroyo and Edanyilber Navas in attack.
The commitment began in favor of the Barça team, who at minute 28′ put themselves in the advantage thanks to Basante, who sent a run at the point of power to end up beating the goalkeeper one-on-one and scoring 1-0.
However, the red and black team would not sit idly by and at 58′, they would reach a tie thanks to Ruben Rojas. And with 17 ‘to go, Rojas scored his double to make it 2-1 and give Portuguesa victory.
With this result, Monagas fails to raise its head and added its second consecutive loss, which left them in fourth position in the Venezuelan league with 14 points and 11 lengths behind the leader, Puerto Cabello.
Now, the Guerreros del Guarapiche begin to think about what will be their duel this Saturday against Zamora as a visitor, which will be the last before facing the Cacique for the second day of Group F of the Copa Libertadores.
