[SPORT] Caracas returns to the Olympus of FutVe by the hand of Sanvicente

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CARACAS - The 2019 season of the First Division could not have a better ending, to settle the new champion a definition from the penalty spot was needed.

On the lawn of the Olympic Stadium of the UCV, Caracas and Estudiantes de Mérida gave us a game that the fans of both clubs lived with a rosary in hand. The result in the ninety regulation minutes was 1 - 1, the same score as the first leg played in Mérida.

Collage of images of the game staged in the Olympic stadium of the UCV.

At the feet of Ávila, the Mérida took the lead with a goal from Jesús “Chiky” Meza (42 '). After a series of rebounds in the area, the ball could not be cleared by the Avilanian defenders and the former of the day fired to send it to the back of the net, exploding the red-and-white fans who had been present in the capital stadium. Thus ended the first half of the meeting, with that result the academics were champions of the 2019 harvest.

In the complement stage, Noel Sanvicente's pupils did not find the formula to overcome the Andean wall. The spark that ignited the ideas of the Ávila reds was the choreography with fireworks by the capital's bar.

At 86 minutes the goal of 1 - 1 would come thanks to Jesús Arrieta. A long-distance shot by Leo Flores that is numbed by Carlos "the shadow" Espinoza in the area could not be cleared by the Merida rear, the ball remained in the area after a rebound and the Colombian Arrieta with a Nordic coldness defined softly for send it to the bottom of the net. At that moment the capital's stands exploded with joy.

To know the successor of Zamora in the list of winners, it was necessary to define from the penalty spot: 4 - 3 in favor of Caracas. For the academics, the errors of Larraiz (high, over the goal) and of goalkeeper Araque (stopped by his pair Baroja) were fatal. For the capital, Espinoza would miss his shot.

Moment in which the Colombian player Arrieta scores the 1 - 1.

With this victory against Estudiantes, the capital citizens would embroider their twelfth star on their shirt. On his part, Mister Noel Sanvicente reaffirms himself as the collector of titles, in his record we find: eight stars, nine short tournaments and a Venezuela Cup.

Caracas, as a club, can boast that in this harvest they won four of the five finals disputed: the absolute final, the Clausura tournament final, the reserve tournament and the Elite Sub 17 Series. The only "defeat" would come in the Elite series. Sub 19, where the Avilanians were only surpassed in a penalty shootout.

Baroja stops the penalty executed by goalkeeper Araque.

Last but not least, it should be noted that Gaetano Luongo, the club's historic prop, has been present in the twelve stars won by the Ávila Reds.