A red card early in the second half in Bolivia turned the match around for Jorge Wilstermann and two late goals saw them earn their first victory of their CCL campaign against Jaguares de Chiapas. However, with results elsewhere in the group, a loss wasn’t enough to keep Jaguares from qualifying in second place behind Internacional - although they’re probably going to be one of the lowest seeded teams remaining in the competition.
Jorge Wilstermann Vs. Jaguares de Chiapas: Hosts Mount Comeback After Jaguares Go Down To 10, Win 2-1
The first half saw the hosts down early to a goal from Francisco Torres and generally looking thoroughly incapable of troubling the Jaguares goal, but in the 50th minute Julio Frias found himself in a verbal confrontation with Wilstermann goalkeeper Mauro Machardo and somehow earned himself a straight red card for abusive language. Playing against ten men, Wilstermann suddenly looked much improved (surprise!), and it wasn’t any sort of shock when they leveled after fine work from Nicolas Torres saw the midfielder skip into the box and chip a pretty cross onto the head of Rogelio Lima to finish from close range.
Torres got the hosts’ second shortly thereafter with an ugly-but effective finish from substitute Ezequiel Abreg’s cross from the left, and Jaguares didn’t seem to care enough to chase the game at that stage. The Mexican side were well in control of the game until the red card, but with Internacional’s 2-0 win over Emelec losing wasn’t too big of a deal.
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