Caracas Defeats Puerto Cabello With Late Second-Half Goal

PUERTO CABELLO, Venezuela (Interstat) — Caracas scored in the 77th minute and defeated Puerto Cabello 1-0 on Tuesday at Complejo Deportivo Socialista. Jesus Quintero supplied the goal, and Miguel Vegas was credited with an assist in 18 minutes of play. Puerto Cabello played a man down after Vargas received a red card in the 41st minute. Yellow cards went to Gudino of Caracas in first-half stoppage time and Correa of Caracas in first-half stoppage time, as well as Gonzalez of Caracas in the 80th. Rosales of Puerto Cabello was booked in the 79th, and Bortagaray of Puerto Cabello was booked in the 90th minute plus stoppage time. The result leaves Caracas with a 3-1 record in this competition and 5-2 across all competitions. Puerto Cabello is 2-1-1 in this competition and 3-1-1 across all competitions. Caracas will host Monagas on Saturday, while Puerto Cabello will host Dep. Tachira on Saturday.