LUQUE, Paraguay (Interstat) — Sp. Luqueno overcame a pair of deficits and defeated San Lorenzo 3-2 on Sunday, using goals from Miguel Barreto, Giovanni Bogado and Walter Gonzalez to secure the result in a match that featured five yellow cards and a late push from the visitors.

San Lorenzo opened the scoring in the seventh minute when Marcelo Ferreira found the net. Ferreira played 90 minutes and was booked in the 42nd minute, giving the visitors an early advantage. Sp. Luqueno answered in the 42nd minute through Gonzalez, whose goal leveled the match and briefly shifted momentum toward the hosts. Gonzalez played 64 minutes and was booked in the 34th minute. San Lorenzo reclaimed the lead in the sixth minute of first-half stoppage time when Franco Aragon scored. Aragon finished with one goal and one assist in 89 minutes and was booked in the 76th minute. The visitors took a 2-1 lead into halftime after absorbing pressure following Gonzalez’s equalizer.

Sp. Luqueno responded after halftime and controlled stretches of the second half. Barreto scored in the 75th minute, pulling the hosts level again at 2-2 and setting up a tense closing period. Barreto played 90 minutes and finished with one goal. Bogado scored the decisive goal for Sp. Luqueno, played 90 minutes and was booked in the 85th minute. Ivan Maggi played 90 minutes and provided an assist for Sp. Luqueno, while Marcelo Ojeda played 89 minutes and assisted on another goal. Jose Barrios played 90 minutes and assisted on a San Lorenzo goal. The hosts’ ability to answer twice and then move ahead after Barreto’s second-half goal proved central to the outcome.

The match grew more physical as it moved toward its conclusion. Gonzalez was booked for Sp. Luqueno in the 34th minute, Ferreira for San Lorenzo in the 42nd, Aragon for San Lorenzo in the 76th, Tomas Paredes for San Lorenzo in the 79th and Bogado for Sp. Luqueno in the 85th. San Lorenzo brought on E. Ortiz and G. Gerzel in the 46th minute, L. Caceres in the 60th and H. Gonzalez in the 75th. Sp. Luqueno replaced W. Gonzalez in the 64th, brought on A. Balbuena in the 65th and J. Ramos in the 68th, and removed Ojeda in the 89th. Aragon also came off in the 89th minute for San Lorenzo. The five bookings reflected a tight contest in which neither side held a comfortable margin for long.

The result left San Lorenzo at 0-1-3 in this competition and 0-2-3 across all competitions. Sp. Luqueno improved to 1-2 in the competition and 1-2 across all competitions. San Lorenzo had entered the match after a 3-2 loss at Cerro Porteno, a 1-1 draw with Sportivo Trinidense, a 1-1 draw at Guarani and a 0-0 draw with Recoleta. Sp. Luqueno had entered after a 3-0 loss to Cerro Porteno and a 3-2 loss at Sportivo Trinidense. Among the game’s key performers, Barreto scored once in 90 minutes, Aragon had one goal and one assist in 89 minutes, Bogado scored and was booked in 90 minutes, Ferreira scored and was booked in 90 minutes, Gonzalez scored and was booked in 64 minutes, Maggi assisted in 90 minutes, Barrios assisted in 90 minutes and Ojeda assisted in 89 minutes. The hosts’ ability to answer twice and then take the lead after Barreto’s second-half goal was the defining feature of the game, with Bogado’s goal separating the teams after a back-and-forth opening hour.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of San Lorenzo 3, Sp. Luqueno 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected San Lorenzo with a 61.9 percent probability to win. Sp. Luqueno had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 5 went under the over/under line of 2.5.