Sporting Cristal crush Nacional's Copa Libertadores dreams

Sporting Cristal edged out Nacional, 5x1, on Tuesday, in a match relating of the Copa Libertadores. Pedro Sarabia's team beat Tiago Nunes's team, 2x0, in the first leg of the tie. Irven Ávila with a superb display.

The first-half ended without any goals.

In the 46th minute, Irven Ávila opened the scoring for Sporting Cristal. After the break, Gustavo Caballero fired home for Nacional. In the 67th minute, Irven Ávila struck the second goal for Tiago Nunes's team. After 74 minutes, Sporting Cristal increased their lead with a goal from Ignácio . In the closing stages of the game, Tiago Nunes's team extended their lead with a goal from Jhilmar Lora. Washington Corozo netted the last goal in stoppage time.

With this result, Sporting Cristal are through to the next round of the competition.