millionaires came back this Thursday in Bogota and beat 2-1 Catholic University of Quitoa result with which he qualified for the third phase of the Libertadores Cup in which he will face Atletico Mineiro.
The Ecuadorian team, which had trailed 0-0 in the first leg, took the lead with a goal from the Panamanian striker ismael diazbut the Colombians managed to win the game with the scores of the scorer Leonardo Castro and of Daniel Catano before more than 30,000 spectators who filled the stadium stands the campin.
The first half was rocky. The locals tried to prevail, but they lacked creativity, while the visitors appealed to the speed of their attackers, but could not subdue the central defenders John Paul Vargas and Andres Llinas.
The first clear chance of the game came just in the 23rd minute, when the winger elvis pearlwho today was the most dangerous of his team’s attackers, crossed a ball that the striker headed Leonardo Castroin extremis, and saved the goalkeeper Darwin Leather.
La Católica, who was not being very clear but found light many times in the feet of the veteran Argentine midfielder Facundo Martinezwas met with a penalty when the left back layan loor centered and the steering wheel Daniel Giraldo prevented him from passing the ball with his arm.
The thrower was Diazwho very calmly celebrated the 0-1 in the 37th minute.
The Ecuadorians, encouraged by the goal, tried to take advantage of their rival’s downturn but suffered a setback: the center back Franklin Guerra committed a strong foul near the box pearl and saw the second yellow, for which he was sent off.
Despite having one more player on the pitch, millionaires had a lot of difficulty going deep and barely had a chance with a header from pearlwho came into the area as if he were a center forward.
However, the insistence returned the creativity to the team of gamerwho equalized in the 61st minute in a great collective play, which culminated castro.
The Colombians kept pushing and managed the comeback in the 68th minute, when cataño took advantage of a great play by the skilled Cuts to receive in the area and take out a very strong right hand impossible for Cuero to stop.
After the goal, the catholic tried to attack and had an approach with a header from the midfielder Jose Carabali that the Colombian saved without problems Alvaro Montero.
The man less weighed on the Ecuadorians who in the end failed to equalize and were left empty-handed after having had a very good first half in defensive terms.
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