Guillermo Burdisso, in the ideal team of the first date of the 2022 Copa Libertadores

Deportivo Cali defeated Boca Juniors on the first round of the Copa Libertadores group stage, with a result 2-0, at his stadium. In the 'sugar' team there were several high points, but only one of them was highlighted by Conmebol after completing the matches of all groups.

The player highlighted by the organization was the Argentine Guillermo Burdisso, who scored the goal that opened the scoreboard at the Deportivo Cali stadium in 70 minutes of the match. The central defender took advantage of Kevin Velasco's powerful center, the product of a free kick, which only had to brush with his head to change direction to goal. Goalkeeper Agustín Rossi could do little by being misplaced after leaving the goal in search of the ball.

The defender, former Boca Juniors, was not only noted for the goal but also for his defensive work together with the youth Jorge Marsiglia, who canceled Dario Benedetto and helped the goal defended by Guillermo de Amores end at zero. The most outstanding player in the production and who received the best of the match award was winger Jhon Vasquez. However, these positions were filled by Bruno Henrique, from Flamengo, and Gustavo del Prete, from Estudiantes de la Plata.

The other Colombian team in the Copa Libertadores is Deportes Tolima, despite being local, their debut was not as expected as they fell 2-0 to Atlético Mineiro, the current Brazilian football champion. The scorers were Ignacio Fernández and Tche Tche.

The ideal team of the first date of the 2022 Conmebol Libertadores Cup was completed by: Goalkeeper Alain Baroja, from Caracas FC; Agustín Rogel from Estudiantes, from La Plata, and David Martínez, from River Plate; Rafael Veiga de Palmeiras, Julio Sornoza, from Independiente del Valle, Ignacio Fernández from Atlético Mineiro, and Pablo Solari, from Colo Colo in the frills area; and the aforementioned Bruno Henrique and Gustavo del Prete were joined by Luis' Pulga 'Rodríguez in the lead.

On the second day, scheduled for next week, in Group E of the competition, Xeneize will host the emboldened Always Ready on Tuesday, while the Sugar Growers will visit Corinthians on Wednesday.

The victory was worth ending the green-and-white team's bad streak in the Copa Libertadores. His last participation was in 2016 and on that occasion he scored five defeats in six matches played in the group stage. Precisely, in that edition one of his rivals was Boca Juniors, with whom he lost 6-2 at La Bombonera and drew 0-0 at his stadium. That way he returns to the triumph after six matches in the continental tournament.

In addition, he defeated Boca Juniors again after 21 years. The last time on May 2nd, 2001, when Rafael Dudamel was goalkeeper for Deportivo Cali. The result that time was 3-0 with scores by Gerardo Bedoya, Victor Hugo Aristizábal and own goal by Julio Marchant.

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