Surprising 1-0 home defeat for Real Garcilaso against Universitario de Deportes

The last home game for Real Garcilaso in 2018 turned into a nightmare on Saturday evening, the 10th of November 2018. Real Garcilaso needed a win to keep awake the dream of qualifying for the play-offs while Universitario de Deportes were only dreaming of reaching a spot for Copa Sudamericana.

Despite a very high number of opportunities, Real Garcilaso was unable to score. The crowd in Cusco was even more astonished when the visitors took the lead at the beginning of the second half, in the 51st minute, by means of Lavandeira. The game ended shockingly 1-0 for Universitario.

Real Garcilaso: Ortiz - Arismendi, Kontogiannis, Canova, Cossio (79 Landauri) - Aucca, Archimbaud (55 Alessandrini) - Vidales (69 Lecaros), Ramua, Santillan - Rengifo. Head coach: Victor Reyes.

With only one game remaining, away at Ayacucho, Real Garcilaso lost all chances to qualify for the play-offs, as Alianza Lima has now a 6 point advantage in the aggregate table. Sporting Cristal has qualified directly for the finals, while FBC Melgar and Alianza Lima will play the semifinals, regardless of the results in the last round, scheduled two weeks from now, due to the break caused by the games played by national teams.

More than that, Real Garcilaso are yet uncertain concerning their fourth place overall, which is still reachable by Deportivo Municipal, only 2 points behind in the aggregate table. Luckily for them, Deportivo Municipal only managed a 2-2 draw at home against the future opponents of Real Garcilaso, Ayacucho. Real Garcilaso need to win in Ayacucho or to hope that Deportivo Municipal will not win their game, away at Sport Huancayo.

The 8th place in the aggregate table might also generate some interest in the last round, as it is within reach for Binacional, Universidad de San Martin and Universitario de Deportes, all of them wishing to play in Copa Sudamericana. The other team qualified for the Copa Sudamericana are Universidad Tecnica de Cajamarca and Sport Huancayo, as well as Deportivo Municipal, if they do not overcome Real Garcilaso in the last round.

Sport Rosario and Comerciantes Unidos are already relegated.

Round 14 (10-12 November 2018)

Sporting Cristal – Binacional 4-0

Comerciantes Unidos – Universidad de San Martín 3-1

Real Garcilaso – Universitario de Deportes 0-1

Sport Boys – Sport Rosario 3-1

Deportivo Municipal – Ayacucho 2-2

Alianza Lima – Sport Huancayo 2-1

FBC Melgar – Academia Cantolao 0-1

UTC – Unión Comercio 2-3

Round 15 (25 November 2018)

Sport Rosario – Sporting Cristal

Sport Huancayo – Deportivo Municipal

Binacional – Alianza Lima

Unión Comercio – Sport Boys

Ayacucho – Real Garcilaso

Academia Cantolao – UTC

Universitario de Deportes – Comerciantes Unidos

Universidad de San Martín – FBC Melgar

Clausura Table

1	FBC Melgar	14	9	2	3	20-12	29	Qualified for the play-offs
2	Alianza Lima	13	8	2	3	17-10	26
3	Ayacucho FC	14	7	4	3	29-24	25
4	Universitario de Deportes	14	7	2	5	18-17	23
5	Sporting Cristal	14	6	3	5	29-14	21
6	Real Garcilaso	14	5	5	4	25-21	20
7	Unión Comercio	14	6	2	6	25-23	20
8	Universidad de San Martín	13	6	2	5	18-18	20
9	Deportivo Municipal	14	6	3	5	15-17	20[1]
10	Sport Boys	14	5	3	6	19-19	18
11	UTC	14	4	5	5	13-12	17[2]
12	Comerciantes Unidos	14	5	3	6	15-17	17[3]
13	Academia Cantolao	14	6	1	7	16-21	17[4]
14	Binacional	14	4	2	8	11-23	14
15	Sport Huancayo	14	2	7	5	17-22	13
16	Sport Rosario	14	1	2	11	10-27	2[5]

Aggregate table (Torneo de Verano + Apertura + Clausura) (on November 13)

1	Sporting Cristal (Q)	43	25	11	7	98-36	88[6]	Copa Libertadores – group stage
2	FBC Melgar (Q)	43	21	15	7	63-45	78	Copa Libertadores
3	Alianza Lima (Q)	42	21	9	12	57-43	72	Copa Libertadores
4	Real Garcilaso	43	19	9	15	65-63	66	Copa Libertadores – first stage
5	Deportivo Municipal	43	19	8	16	60-54	64[7]	Copa Sudamericana
6	U.T. Cajamarca	43	15	16	12	46-46	60[8]	Copa Sudamericana
7	Sport Huancayo	43	14	16	13	62-57	58	Copa Sudamericana
8	Binacional	43	15	11	17	44-54	56	Copa Sudamericana
9	Universitario	43	13	15	15	52-59	54
10	Univ. San Martín	42	12	16	14	58-59	52
11	Unión Comercio	43	14	10	19	57-67	52
12	Academia Cantolao	43	14	11	18	51-61	51[9]
13	Ayacucho FC	43	14	9	20	68-79	51
14	Sport Boys	43	12	14	17	54-61	50
15	Sport Rosario (R)	43	13	7	23	54-72	39[10]	Relegation to the Second Division
16	Comerciantes U. (R)	43	9	9	25	43-76	35[11]	Relegation to the Second Division

Q – Qualified for the play-offs

R – Relegated

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[1] Deportivo Municipal have been deducted 1 point for financial and economic irregularities.

[2] Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca have been deducted 1 point for financial and economic irregularities.

[3] Comerciantes Unidos have been deducted 1 point for financial and economic irregularities.

[4] Academia Cantolao have been deducted 2 points for financial and economic irregularities.

[5] Sport Rosario have been deducted 3 points for financial and economic irregularities.

[6] Sporting Cristal received 2 points bonus for winning the tournament for reserve teams.

[7] Deportivo Municipal have been deducted 1 point for financial and economic irregularities.

[8] Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca have been deducted 1 point for financial and economic irregularities.

[9] Academia Cantolao have been deducted 2 points for financial and economic irregularities.

[10] Sport Rosario have been deducted 7 points for financial and economic irregularities.

[11] Comerciantes Unidos have been deducted 1 point for financial and economic irregularities.