CONMEBOL Libertadores

Universidad Central vs Independiente del Valle, 2026 CONMEBOL Libertadores, Group Stage

· CONMEBOL Libertadores
Universidad Central
  • 54': Juan Zapata
  • 67': Juan Cuesta
FT
2 - 0
Independiente del Valle

    About

    Universidad Central are hosting Independiente del Valle at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas, Venezuela, starting on . The match is a part of the CONMEBOL Libertadores.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Attempt missed. Matías Perelló (Independiente del Valle) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 6': Attempt missed. Jovanny Bolívar (UCV) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a fast break.
    • 7': Offside, Independiente del Valle. Ronald Briones is caught offside.
    • 9': Jovanny Bolívar (UCV) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 9': Foul by Mateo Carabajal (Independiente del Valle).
    • 10': Alexander González (UCV) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Foul by Matías Perelló (Independiente del Valle).
    • 12': Attempt saved. Júnior Sornoza (Independiente del Valle) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Giancarlo Schiavone (UCV). Assisted by Arón Rodríguez.
    • 12': Corner, Independiente del Valle. Conceded by Giancarlo Schiavone.
    • 13': Attempt missed. Jordy Alcívar (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Carlos González.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Ronald Briones (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Júnior Sornoza with a cross.
    • 16': Attempt saved. Jordy Alcívar (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Giancarlo Schiavone (UCV). Assisted by Layan Loor.
    • 16': Corner, Independiente del Valle. Conceded by Kendrys Silva.
    • 17': Attempt saved. Júnior Sornoza (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Giancarlo Schiavone (UCV). Assisted by Jordy Alcívar.
    • 18': Offside, UCV. Juan Cuesta is caught offside.
    • 22': Alexander Granko (UCV) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Foul by Juan Viacava (Independiente del Valle).
    • 22': Delay in match (Independiente del Valle).
    • 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Júnior Sornoza (Independiente del Valle) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daykol Romero with a cross.
    • 28': Corner, Independiente del Valle. Conceded by Williams Velásquez.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Jordy Alcívar (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Júnior Sornoza following a fast break.
    • 31': Corner, Independiente del Valle. Conceded by Williams Velásquez.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Ronald Briones (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Giancarlo Schiavone (UCV). Assisted by Arón Rodríguez with a through ball.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Jovanny Bolívar (UCV) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Francisco Solé with a cross.
    • 36': Foul by Carlos González (Independiente del Valle).
    • 36': Alfonso Simarra (UCV) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Matías Perelló (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Arón Rodríguez with a cross.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Júnior Sornoza (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ronald Briones.
    • 40': Attempt saved. Juan Cuesta (UCV) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Aldair Quintana (Independiente del Valle). Assisted by Francisco Solé.
    • 43': Corner, Independiente del Valle. Conceded by Francisco Solé.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Matías Perelló (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Júnior Sornoza following a corner.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, UCV 0, Independiente del Valle 0.
    • 45': Substitution, UCV. Vicente Rodríguez replaces Alexander Granko.
    • 45': Second Half begins UCV 0, Independiente del Valle 0.
    • 46': Ronald Briones (Independiente del Valle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 46': Foul by Alfonso Simarra (UCV).
    • 47': Attempt missed. Layan Loor (Independiente del Valle) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Jordy Alcívar following a set piece situation.
    • 48': Offside, UCV. Juan Cuesta is caught offside.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Arón Rodríguez (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Juan Viacava.
    • 49': Attempt saved. Carlos González (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Giancarlo Schiavone (UCV). Assisted by Arón Rodríguez.
    • 49': Delay in match because of an injury Juan Viacava (Independiente del Valle).
    • 50': Jovanny Bolívar (UCV) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Matías Perelló (Independiente del Valle) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Carlos González.
    • 52': Delay in match because of an injury Juan Cuesta (UCV).
    • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Juan Cuesta (UCV) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kendrys Silva.
    • 54': Goal! UCV 1, Independiente del Valle 0. Juan Zapata (UCV) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner.
    • 58': Delay in match because of an injury Williams Velásquez (UCV).
    • 58': Delay in match because of an injury Carlos González (Independiente del Valle).
    • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 62': Corner, Independiente del Valle. Conceded by Vicente Rodríguez.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Juan Viacava (Independiente del Valle) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Júnior Sornoza with a cross.
    • 64': Arón Rodríguez (Independiente del Valle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 64': Foul by Juan Zapata (UCV).
    • 65': Substitution, Independiente del Valle. Emerson Pata replaces Matías Perelló.
    • 65': Corner, Independiente del Valle. Conceded by Daniel Carrillo.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Mateo Carabajal (Independiente del Valle) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Layan Loor with a cross.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Arón Rodríguez (Independiente del Valle) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ronald Briones.
    • 67': Goal! UCV 2, Independiente del Valle 0. Juan Cuesta (UCV) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander González following a fast break.
    • 68': Delay in match (Independiente del Valle).
    • 70': Substitution, Independiente del Valle. Justin Lerma replaces Ronald Briones.
    • 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 72': Foul by Layan Loor (Independiente del Valle).
    • 72': Juan Zapata (UCV) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 73': Layan Loor (Independiente del Valle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 74': Attempt saved. Jovanny Bolívar (UCV) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Aldair Quintana (Independiente del Valle). Assisted by Francisco Solé with a cross.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Júnior Sornoza (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Justin Lerma.
    • 75': Foul by Arón Rodríguez (Independiente del Valle).
    • 75': Daniel Carrillo (UCV) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Delay in match because of an injury Juan Cuesta (UCV).
    • 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 80': Substitution, Independiente del Valle. Juan Angulo replaces Juan Viacava.
    • 80': Substitution, Independiente del Valle. Djorkaeff Reasco replaces Arón Rodríguez.
    • 80': Substitution, UCV. Samuel Sosa replaces Juan Cuesta.
    • 80': Substitution, UCV. Yeiber Murillo replaces Jovanny Bolívar.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Justin Lerma (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Daykol Romero.
    • 83': Foul by Juan Zapata (UCV).
    • 83': Mateo Carabajal (Independiente del Valle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Djorkaeff Reasco (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 84': Corner, Independiente del Valle. Conceded by Alexander González.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Djorkaeff Reasco (Independiente del Valle) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Emerson Pata with a cross.
    • 86': Attempt missed. Juan Angulo (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Carlos González following a fast break.
    • 87': Substitution, UCV. Rubén Ramírez replaces Juan Zapata.
    • 87': Substitution, UCV. Yohán Cumana replaces Daniel Carrillo.
    • 87': Foul by Juan Angulo (Independiente del Valle).
    • 87': Rubén Ramírez (UCV) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Juan Angulo (Independiente del Valle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Alexander González (UCV) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Djorkaeff Reasco (Independiente del Valle) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Giancarlo Schiavone (UCV).
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Justin Lerma (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Giancarlo Schiavone (UCV).
    • 90'+2': Corner, Independiente del Valle. Conceded by Giancarlo Schiavone.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Emerson Pata (Independiente del Valle) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 90'+3': Corner, UCV. Conceded by Mateo Carabajal.
    • 90'+5': Corner, Independiente del Valle. Conceded by Francisco Solé.
    • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Daykol Romero (Independiente del Valle) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Júnior Sornoza following a corner.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, UCV 2, Independiente del Valle 0.
    • 0': Match ends, UCV 2, Independiente del Valle 0.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 3
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    10 Corner Kicks 1
    2 Saves 7
    68 Possession 32
    28 SHOTS 8
    7 ON GOAL 4
    0.3 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    412 Accurate Passes 154
    477 Passes 235
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    10 Accurate Crosses 2
    32 Crosses 5
    0.3 Cross % 0.4
    64 Long Balls 64
    37 Accurate Long Balls 17
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
    5 Blocked Shots 0
    4 Effective Tackles 8
    6 Tackles 14
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    4 Interceptions 4
    19 Effective Clearances 39
    19 Clearances 39

    Game Information

    Competition: CONMEBOL Libertadores

    Venue: Estadio Olímpico de la UCV
    Location: Caracas, Venezuela

    CONMEBOL Libertadores Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Independiente del Valle 6 +5 13
    2 Rosario Central 6 +8 13
    3 Universidad Central 6 -4 9
    4 Libertad 6 -9 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    UCV Universidad Central (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    13 Giancarlo Schiavone (GK)
    19 Alfonso Simarra
    4 Williams Velásquez
    27 Daniel Carrillo
    2 Kendrys Silva
    47 Alexander Granko
    6 Francisco Solé
    30 Alexander González
    11 Jovanny Bolívar Yellow Card
    7 Juan Cuesta
    8 Juan Zapata
    Universidad Central Substitutes:
    Yohan Cumana, Roman Davis, Kendry Mendoza, Daniel De Sousa, Charlis Ortiz, Vicente Rodríguez, Yimvert Berroteran, Maicol Ruiz, Yeiber Murillo, Lautaro Morales, Samuel Sosa, Rubén Ramírez.

    IDV Independiente del Valle (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Aldair Quintana (GK)
    23 Juan Viacava
    14 Mateo Carabajal
    6 Jordy Alcivar
    19 Layan Loor Yellow Card
    13 Daykol Romero
    10 Junior Sornoza
    16 Ronald Briones
    17 Arón Rodríguez
    11 Matías Perello
    9 Carlos González
    Independiente del Valle Substitutes:
    Jhegson Méndez, Andy Velasco, Jhon Jairo Espinoza, Youri Ochoa, Emerson Pata, Juan Angulo, Eduardo Bores, Gustavo Cortez, Justin Lerma, Aníbal Gómez, Darwin Guagua, Djorkaeff Reasco.

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