He Red Bull Bragantinofrom Brazil, drew 1-1 on Wednesday in their visit to Barcelona Ecuadorian, corresponding to the first leg of the play-off for the round of 16 of the South American Cup. The Guayaquil team could not achieve the victory to dedicate it to him The late goalkeeper Justin Cornejo, who died the previous day at the age of 20, due to a blow to the head, apparently in a domestic accident.
The Brazilians took the lead in the 18th minute with a superb goal from Helinho, thanks to a powerful shot from outside the area, and before the end of the first half the Ecuadorians managed to equalize through Janner Corozo, in a play where he was very careful.
The team led by Argentine coach Ariel Holan tried hard but without success to score a second goal that would allow them to take advantage of the return match in Brazil.
The Brazilian team defended themselves well, especially in the second half, and knew how to manage the pace of a match that, except for a few isolated moments, they had under control.
In this way, Barcelona was also unable to celebrate with victory the return to their team of right winger Byron Castillo, who returned to Ecuador after his time in Mexico and Uruguay, marked by the controversy over his documentation as an Ecuadorian, due to which he has not been called up again to wear the Ecuadorian national team shirt.
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This match also marked the debut with the Ecuadorian team of Uruguayan striker Octavio Rivero, one of Barcelona’s new signings to face the second part of the 2024 season, after the abrupt departure of Argentine Francisco Fydriszewski. Now the tie to find out Corinthians’ rival in the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana will be decided next Wednesday at the Nabi Abi Chedid stadium, in the city of Bragança Paulista.
DATA SHEET
1 – Barcelona: Javier Burrai; Byron Castillo (m.90, Braian Oyola), Nicolás Ramírez, Lucas Sosa, Aníbal Chalá; Jesús Trindade, Leonai Souza (m.84, Dixon Arroyo), Damián Díaz (m.73, Fernando Gaibor); Janner Corozo (m.90, Álex Rangel), Adonis Preciado and Octavio Rivero (m.83, Djorkaeff Reasco)
1 – Red Bull Bragantino: Cleiton; Nathan Mendes, Pedro Henrique, Eduardo, Luan Cándido; Matheus Fernandes (m.55, Lincoln), Eric Ramires (m.63, Raul Lô Gonçalves), Lucas Evangelista, Helinho (m.90+5, Ignacio Laquintana); Eduardo Sasha (m.46, Thiago Borbas) and Henry Mosquera (m.63, Junimnho Capixaba)
Goals: 0-1, Helinho (m. 18); 1-1, Janner Corozo (d. 31)
Referee: Argentine Maximiliano Ramírez cautioned Castillo (m.2), Sosa (m.72) and Corozo (m.82) for Barcelona, and Mosquera (m.42) and Lô Gonçalves (m.82) for Red Bull Bragantino.
Incidents: First leg of the Copa Sudamericana round of 16 play-offs, played at the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha in Guayaquil, in front of some 15,000 spectators
