César Vallejo goal: Yorleys Mena scored 1-0 against Sporting Cristal for Liga 1

Sporting Cristal vs César Vallejo: Attacker Yorleys Mena opened the score in favor of the draw Trujillano in the match for date 9 of the Apertura de la Liga 1 tournament that was played at the Mansiche stadium in Trujillo.

27 minutes into the game, Universidad César Vallejo found the first goal after an offensive partnership outside the box with two touches that allowed them to beat the defence of Sporting Cristal.

Midfielder Jorge Ríos surprised with a pass in the opposite direction of the game after giving up the ball to Archimedes Figuera with a cue pass.

The Venezuelan steering wheel enabled his teammate Jairo Vélez who, with an assist to the attacker Yorleys Mena, left him positioned hand in hand with Cristal's defense: Gianfranco Chavez and Jesús Castillo.

The Colombian offensive opened diagonally within the area and defined with a crossed shot to beat Renato Solis's goal.

Striker Mena scored his first goal in a César Vallejo jersey this season after participating in four matches with the 'Poeta' team.

Sporting Cristal arrives at the match with César Vallejo after losing 2-0 to Flamengo is a debut in the Copa Libertadores. The celestes remain undefeated in their last six matches in League 1 with three draws and three wins. The rimense club equalized 2-2 with Melgar (home), Academia Cantolao (2-2) at the Alberto Gallardo stadium and was 1-1 in their visit to Carlos Stein in Lambayeque. The victories were against UTC (3-2 in Lima), 1-0 against Alianza Lima in Matute and 4-1 against Universidad San Martín.

Universidad César Vallejo leads the duel with Cristal scoring points in their four recent appearances in the Apertura Tournament. Three draws and a win to score six points out of twelve possible. The 'Poeta' distributed units with Sport Boys in Trujillo (1-1), Atletico Grau as a visitor (1-1) and 0-0 with Carlos Mannucci (Mansiche stadium). The victory was before at home against Alianza Atlético.

Sporting Cristal coach Roberto Mosquera lined up with Renato Solis, Gianfranco Chavez, Jhilmar Lora, Rafael Lutiger, Jesus Pretell, Jesus Castillo, Martin Tavara, Alejandro Hohberg, Fernando Pacheco, Irven Avila and Joao Grimaldo.

Cesar Vallejo's strategist José del Solar trained with Carlos Grados, Carlos Ascues, Renzo Garces, Orlando Nunez, Jersson Vasquez, Jorge Rios, Frank Ysique, Archimedes Figuera, Jairo Velez, Abdiel Arroyo and Yorleys Mena.

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Melgar vs Cesar Vallejo

Sport Huancayo vs Cesar Vallejo

Cesar Vallejo vs UTC

Alianza Lima vs Cesar Vallejo

Cesar Vallejo vs Academia Cantolao

Carlos Stein vs Cesar Vallejo

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