Melgar visited Cuiabá from Brazil on the first date of group B of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana. In fact, the Arequipa team was quite aggressive and staged the first attacks of the match. However, the response of the 'carioca' cast was not stopped waiting and notified the goal defended by Carlos Cáceda through Alesson, who came to convert but the referee ruled that he was offside, so the whole play was canceled.