Emelec took a leap in quality this Tuesday by reaching second place in Group A of the Libertadores Cup, who leads palm trees, with a 4-1 home win against Deportivo Táchira, which has fallen to third place.
The game in the stadium New town It had no equivalents, since the Guayaquil formation pressed from the beginning and thanks to an inspired day by the Uruguayan Sebastian Rodriguez, who signed a triplet, won the match from the third minute.
Rodríguez expanded in the 11th minute and scored the goal by accurately executing a penalty in the 59th minute.
The first goal culminated with a shot from outside the area with the assistance of alexis zapata. The second was outlined with a direct shot to the left corner.
However, pressure from Táchira made it possible to close the gap in the 37th minute when Anthony Uribe He scored the goal with a header from the center of the area.
Táchira’s discount warmed up in Pueblo Nuevo and the Argentine referee Paul Echeverria admonished Robert Garcés, from Deportivo Táchira, and Joel Quintero, from Emelec.
The second half was marked by dangerous cuts from Táchira that those from Emelec they managed to avoid those who overcame with two more marks.
In the 48th minute, Uribe tried to equalize Táchira with a header from the center of the area that went too high.
But the Ecuadorians pushed away the possibility of equalizing when Rodriguez he scored his third of the night via a penalty in the 59th minute.
The icing was put by the striker Alexander Head with a powerful shot from outside the area that slipped through the right side of the goal after 74 minutes.
The fourth day will close for Group A later, with the clash in Bolivian territory between the bottom team Independiente Petrolero, who has one point, and the two-time champion palm trees, dominator of the key with 9 points out of a possible 9, and who can anticipate his classification to the round of 16.
On the fifth day, scheduled for May 18, Palmeiras will host Emelec and Táchira will host Independiente Petrolero.
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