First consistent win for Real Garcilaso, 3-0 to Ayacucho, after 5 game winless run

Real Garcilaso finally won consistently, 3-0 at home against Ayacucho, on Saturday afternoon, the 18th of May, in the 14th round of the Peruvian Liga 1 Apertura. This result comes after a negative run of 5 consecutive games, in which the Cusco team drew 4 times (twice at home and twice away) and had one defeat (away at Universidad Cesar Vallejo). Such a winless series is unusual for a team which aims at winning the title and there were serious concerns even regarding the maintenance of the coaching team, led by Juan Reynoso, especially after an unexpected 2-2 at home against Academia Cantolao.

However, this Saturday, Real Garcilaso solved the game very early. In the 5th minute, Lecaros had a run on the left and succeeded to cross in the very last moment, putting the ball right for Arismendi who came and headed it inside the net: 1-0. Just a couple of minutes later, the same Lecaros passed the ball in the center for Rengifo who striked it in: 2-0.

 Real Garcilaso players are celebrating a goal against Ayacucho

At this score, the home side left the visitors to have the initiative and mainly sought the breaks. One such break led to the third goal in the beginning of the second half, when Rengifo opened up for Nunez who scored: 3-0 (in the 50th minute).

Despite chances at both ends, this result stood to the very end of the game. In 2019, it is the first win for Real Garcilaso at a higher difference than one goal. These goals were very special for the scorers: it was the first goal of the season for both Arismendi and Rengifo - and especially Rengifo, as a striker, was looking forward to a goal after 14 rounds; and it was the fourth goal for Nunez, who reimans the surprisingly sole leading goalscorer for Real Garcilaso this season, with just 4 goals.

Real Garcilaso: Ferreyra - Arismendi, Robles, Quina, Joao Ortiz - Nunez, Chahuaylla (71 Manco), Ramua (78 Archimbaud) - Lecaros, Rengifo (63 Carando), Souza. Head coach: Juan Reynoso.

Ayacucho: Rosales - Laura, Delgado, Guerra, Cruz - Mejia (46 Ardiles), T. Carranza, Nungaray, Sandoval - Preciado (64 L. Carranza), Aguirre (46 Cirilo). Head coach: Mario Viera.

Referee: Jorge Panta.

Real Garcilaso are now fourth in the Apertura table and they do not have any chances of winning the Apertura, so they must concentrate on Clausura if they still want to fight for the national title. There are however three more rounds of the Apertura and good results are critical for the aggregate table. Their next match will be on Friday, the 24th of May, away at Universidad Tecnica de Cajamarca.

Full results of the last round, table and fixtures:

Round 14 (17-19 May 2019)

Binacional – Sport Huancayo 1-3

FBC Melgar – Sport Boys 1-1

Unión Comercio – UTC 4-0

Real Garcilaso – Ayacucho 3-0

Carlos Mannucci – Sporting Cristal 2-0

Pirata FC – Academia Cantolao 0-1

Universidad de San Martín – Universidad César Vallejo 2-1

Alianza Universidad – Alianza Lima 2-1

Universitario – Deportivo Municipal 2-4

2019 Apertura table

1	Binacional	14	11	0	3	40-18	33	Qualified for the play-off
2	Sporting Cristal	14	8	4	2	22-8	28
3	Deportivo Municipal	14	6	5	3	21-19	23
4	Real Garcilaso	14	6	4	4	16-12	22
5	Universidad César Vallejo	14	6	2	6	21-20	20
6	Alianza Lima	14	5	4	5	24-22	19
7	Academia Cantolao	14	4	7	3	12-10	19
8	Universitario de Deportes	14	5	4	5	23-24	19
9	UTC	14	4	7	3	18-19	19
10	Ayacucho FC	14	5	4	5	18-20	19
11	Alianza Universidad	14	4	6	4	15-15	18
12	Sport Huancayo	14	4	6	4	18-19	18
13	FBC Melgar	14	4	5	5	17-20	17
14	Carlos Mannucci	14	4	3	7	20-23	15
15	Unión Comercio	14	3	5	6	13-16	14
16	Universidad San Martín	14	3	5	6	12-24	14
17	Pirata FC	14	2	5	7	12-19	11
18	Sport Boys	14	2	4	8	8-23	10

Round 15 (24-27 May 2019)

UTC – Real Garcilaso

Universidad César Vallejo – Carlos Mannucci

Sporting Cristal – FBC Melgar

Ayacucho – Universitario

Academia Cantolao – Universidad de San Martín

Sport Boys – Alianza Universidad

Deportivo Municipal – Pirata FC

Alianza Lima – Binacional

Sport Huancayo – Unión Comercio