Bitter 1-1 draw between Emelec y Barcelona in a new edition of the Astillero Classic that took place this Sunday night at the George Capwell stadium, corresponding to matchday ten of phase one of LigaPro-2024.
The bullfighter striker Janner Corozo He scored the first in the popular match at 11′. He matched the battering ram Jaime ‘La Yoya’ Ayoví at 55′.
The talented midfielder Damian Diaz He failed to take a penalty kick at 45′ +3.
Vibrant first half with the electricians launching in pursuit of the first goal, driven by their fans who filled the stands of the blue stadium.
The echo of the stadium was activated with each intervention by Jhoao Rojas, now at the service of the Canaries, but with a blue past. Precisely, the midfielder finished hard and forced a rebound from goalkeeper Pedro Ortiz, which Corozo took advantage of for the first goal of the night at 11′.
Judge Augusto Aragón invalidated the conquest for alleged off-fire, but the VAR – after several minutes of review – allowed the visitor’s contented celebration.
The Kitu Fault
The procedure followed the same script, the blues more determined for equality and the bullfighters ordered to liquidate it in the contras. Thus arose another clear danger for the visitor.
The VAR discovered a foul on Corozo and a maximum penalty was awarded. The challenge was taken up by specialist Damián Díaz, darling of the populous yellow fans. The strong shot to the right of the goalkeeper was sensed by Ortiz who contained the shot and extinguished the second Canarian cry and unleashed the euphoria of the locals at the close of the initial (45′ +3).
For the complement, the blues strategist, the Colombian Luis Torres, sent Ayoví and the Venezuelan right back Alexander González to the field.
The vinotinto, with pure kidney and class, took a low cross into the area from the right, Facundo Castelli played without the ball, taking the lead, and ‘La Yoya’ finished free to score the tie ten minutes into the second half.
New emotional boost for the electricians who recharged the game in the cool González area.
Aucas is the leader
The visitor also tried to refresh lines and brought in Brian Oyola and Adonis Corozo on offense, with a horizontal shot and a close header, respectively, justifying their participation in the most publicized match in Ecuadorian football.
The rest were flashes of emotion and the tie was marked with which Emelec completed 17 points and its rival on duty was left with 15.
For now the pointer is Aucas that after this day completed 23 units with five games left to play until the closing of the stage, whose winner will be awarded a place in the final of the season and a direct ticket to the group phase of Libertadores 2025.
However, The Canarian has two deferred matches left to complete, the first on Wednesday visiting Universidad Católica and another at home against Liga de Quito, still to be scheduled.
For the next date, number 11, the blues will receive Católica and the bullfighter will visit Delfín in Manta.
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