The first final of the PRO League Serie A 2020 ended in a draw. Barcelona equalized a goal against Liga de Quito at the Monumental Stadium in Guayaquil
In the first minutes of the match, the local team tried to take the actions on the white field with Díaz, Pineida, Castillo and Álvez but without the depth to cause any action of real danger.
With 12 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 – 0 lead as Perlaza flipped the ball in after a cross from the right.
Already advancing in the first part, the duel became a little more uniform, although they did not show much. After 30 minutes, Riveros sent the corner kick right to “Choclo” Quinteros who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 – 0!
In the 33rd minute, the clearest in the first half came and was in favor of LDU when a shot by Junior Sornoza collapsed horizontally of the goal defended by Javier Burrai.
LDU continued to set the tone for the commitment and then Martínez Borja had an option on the edge of the small area that he could not connect correctly. When the first half seemed to go by without a goal, a play from the left led to the arrival of Jhojan Julio to define between Burrai’s legs.
Before the teams went to the locker room, there was an altercation between the two banks due to the added time problem where the goal was scored. As a result, assistants Marcos Connena at BSC and Óscar Quagliata at LDU were expelled.
With 48 minutes played, a phenomenal play on the left side freed Jonatan Álvez, of Damián Díaz, to dash through and score another goal for the visitors.
Later, the duel became a little more frictionless when the VAR was used for an outbreak after an collision between Molina from BSC and Alcívar from LDU, this led to a problem between Sornoza and Díaz after consulting the VAR he was reprimanded at 10 o’clock.
VAR returned as the protagonist minutes later, when he looked at a possible penalty from Riveros to Martínez Borja who turned out to be out of the area, but was not relieved enough for the yellows, as Darío Aimar immediately took a ball like the last man at the goal after a bad shot by Jhojan Julio at 80 ′.
In the end, Cristian Colmán had the option to make a Chilean who deflected the goalkeeper Gabbarini. The return match will be played at 20:15 on Tuesday 29 at Rodrigo Paz Stadium. .
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Barcelona SC: Javier Burrai; Pedro Pablo Velasco, Darío Aimar, Williams Riveros, Mario Pineida; Bruno Piñatares, Nixon Molina; Byron Castillo, Damián Díaz, Emmanuel Martinez, Jonatan Álvez.
LDU Quito: Adrián Gabbarini; Pedro Pablo Perlaza, Luis Caicedo, Moisés Corozo, ‘Chavo’ Cruz; Jordy Alcívar, Lucas Villarruel, José Quintero, Junior Sornoza, Jhojan Julio; Christian Martínez Borja.