He Workshops Argentine got this Wednesday a draw in extremis by 2-2 on his visit to Barcelona Ecuadorian, which allows Albiazul to consolidate as leader of Group B of the Copa Libertadoresin which the Brazilian Sao Paulo and the Chilean Cobresal are also included.
With a last-gasp goal, defender Juan Gabriel Rodríguez saved a point for Matador and avoided defeat against Barcelonawhich makes the Córdoba team the leader with 4 points, while The Guayaquil team remains with 2 units in third place.
With a genius from outside the area and a penalty, the Argentine nationalized Ecuadorian Kitu Diaz He even put Barcelona on two occasions, and twice Talleres managed to equalize it with goals in the last moments of the first half, through Federico Girotti, and in the second half, with a goal from Rodríguez.
The local team delighted the more than 40,000 fans who gathered at the Monumental Stadium in Guayaquil with a waste of intensity, and despite dominating the game for almost the entire match, the visitors knew how to strike at the right moments to balance the balance. .
The local team was able to go ahead after half an hour of play with a new work of art by ‘Kitu’ Díazwho caught a ball on the edge of the area and on the turn A surgical left-footed shot was invented so that the ball entered through the angle of the goal.
Everything seemed to indicate that Barcelona would have an advantage at halftime, but in the final minutes of the first half the Ecuadorian team lowered its level of intensity and its forward pressure, and that was taken advantage of by the visiting team to get closer to the rival goal and achieve the tie.
In a defensive mismatch by Barcelona, Rubén Botta entered the area and gave the ball to Girotti to beat Burrai with a powerful low shot that slipped very close to the near post.
At the beginning of the second half, the team led by Uruguayan Diego López was able to score the second goal thanks to a penalty committed by Juan Gabriel Rodríguez on Willian Vargas, and which ‘Kitu’ Díaz was in charge of converting with a strong shot to the right post of the goalie.
Albiazul never lost face of the match and always looked for a draw again. Girotti was close to achieving it with a shot that missed very close to the post, and in the last play Rodríguez starred in a header that silenced Monumental de Guayaquil.
On the next date, Barcelona will host Sao Paulo and Talleres will visit Cobresal.
– Datasheet:
2. Barcelona: Javier Burrai; Willian Vargas, Nicholas Ramirez, Luca Sosa, Hannibal Chala (m.89, Carlos Rodriguez); Jesus Trindade, Leonai Souza (89, Fernando Gaibor), Damian Diaz (78, Dixon Arroyo), Brian Oyola (89, Mathias Suarez), Joao Rojas (65, Janner Corozo) and Francisco Fydriszewski.
Coach: Diego López.
2. Workshops: Guido Herrera; Gastón Benavídez, Matías Catalán, Juan Gabriel Rodríguez, Blas Riveros; Ulises Ortegoza, Juan Camilo Portilla (m.68, Gustavo Bou), Marcos Portillo (m.75, Matías Galarza), Rubén Botta; Federico Girotti (m.85, Nahuel Bustos) and Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez (m.85, David Romero).
Coach: Walter Ribonetto.
Goals: 1-0, m.28: Damian Diaz. 1-1, m.45: Federico Girotti. 2-1, m.57: Damian Diaz, from the penalty spot. 2-2, m.90+6: John Gabriel Rodriguez.
Referee: the Uruguayan Esteban Ostojich warned by Barcelona to Oyola (m.61), Rojas (m.62), Sosa (m.67) and Vargas (m.90+5), and by Talleres to Portilla ( m.62), Girotti (m.67) and Catalan (m.90+4).
Incidents: match of the second date of Group B of the Copa Libertadores, played at the Monumental Banco Pichincha Stadium, in Guayaquil, before about 40,000 spectators. EFE
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