The first final of the PRO Series A 2020 League ended in a draw. Barcelona equalized to a goal against Liga de Quito at the Monumental Stadium in Guayaquil
In the first minutes of the match, the local team tried to bring the actions to the white field with Diaz, Pineida, Castell and Álvez but without the depth to cause any real danger action.
After 12 minutes, Perlaza came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 – 0, giving LDU the lead.
Already advancing in the first half, the duel became a bit more even though they didn’t show much. After 30 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by Darío Aimar might have resulted in another goal for Riveros. However, Darío Aimar made a disastrous appearance.
In the 33rd minute, the clearest of the first half came and went in favor of LDU when a shot by Junior Sornoza crashed into the horizontal of the arc defended by Javier Burrai.
LDU continued to mark the pattern of the compromise and then Martínez Borja had an option on the edge of the small area that he could not connect correctly. When it looked like the first half was going goalless, a play from the left resulted in an arrival of Jhojan July for him to define between Burrai’s legs.
Before the teams went to the dressing rooms, there was an altercation between the two benches over the issue of added time where the white goal was given. As a result, assistants Marc 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. Adrián Gabbarini.
Later, the duel became a little more frictiony where the VAR was used for an incident after a collision between Molina de BSC and Alcívar de LDU, this resulted in a problem between Sornoza and Díaz and then consultation of the VAR was warned on the tenth target.
The VAR returned to prominence minutes later when reviewing a possible penalty from Riveros to Martinez Borja that turned out to be outside the area, but it was not enough relief for the yellows as immediately Darío Aimar took a ball as the last man to bow his mouth after a poor shot by Jhojan July in the 80 ‘.
On the end, Cristian Colmán had an option to make a Chilean who deflected the goalkeeper Gabbarini. The return match will be played at 8:15 pm on Tuesday 29 at the Rodrigo Pau Stadium. .
ALIGNMENTS
Barcelona SC: Javier Burrai; Pedro Pablo Velasco, Darío Aimar, Williams Riveros, Mario Pineida; Bruno Piñatares, Nixon Molina; Byron Castell, Damià Díaz, Emmanuel Martinez, Jonatan Álvez.
LDU Quito: Adrián Gabbarini; Pedro Pablo Perlaza, Luis Caicedo, Moisès Corozo, ‘Chavo’ Creu; Jordy Alcívar, Lucas Villarruel, José Quintero, Junior Sornoza, Jhojan July; Christian Martínez Borja.