Independiente del Valle, great champion of the South American Cup

Valley Independent.

The Ecuadorian team defeated Sao Paulo in the final.

Valley Independent won this saturday South American Cup for the second time in its history by defeating Sao Paulo 0-2 with goals from Argentines Lorenzo ‘Lolo’ Faravelli and Lautaro Martínez.

Independent of the Valley surprises

The club from the Ecuadorian city of Sangolquí won the South American title for the first time in 2019, when the current coach, the Argentine Martín Anselmi, was an assistant to the Spanish Miguel Ángel Ramírez.

The game played in the stadium Mario Alberto Kempesfrom the Argentine city of Córdoba, literally left the majority of Sao Paulo fans speechless, and left the peculiarity that the scorers also played the role of assistants.

Anselmi’s men went ahead in the 13th minute with a goal by Lautaro Díaz from a pass from ‘Lolo’ Faravelli.

And already in the second half, when the 67th minute was up, Díaz put a pinpoint pass to Faravelli to put the icing on the cake. At 93 and 96 minutes the Argentinian Jonathan Calleri was expelled by Sao Paulo, who received his second yellow card; and Diego Costa, for a violent foul. The Copa Sudamericana, Conmebol’s most important club tournament after the Copa Libertadores, emerged in 2002 and this year it crowned the best of its twenty-first edition in Córdoba.

EFE