The Dolphin and the October 9 tied 1-1 this Thursday in Blanket and left the series open between the two Ecuadorian teams for the pass to the group stage of the South American Cupwhich will be defined next Thursday in Guayaquil.
central defender Kevin Becerrain the 21st minute, advanced to October 9and the midfielder Luis Andres Chicaiza, tied for the Dolphin in 73.
The intensity in the game of both teams occurred in the middle of the field, where the visitor preferred to propose it, while Dolphin He did not find formulas to break the defensive strategy with which his rival worked.
midfielders danny moon and the Uruguayan Mauro Gives Light weaved a play on the right, the Uruguayan sought a connection with Renny Jaramillobut finished over the goal, in the 15th minute.
The visitor’s offensive vocation earned him to get ahead on the scoreboard, with both from the defense Calfwho caught a rejection from close range from the goalkeeper Maximum Banguera and scored in the 21st minute.
The only opportunity with a possibility for a local goal was avoided in a great action by the goalkeeper George Pinesshot from the edge of the midfielder’s box John Rodriguez.
While the locals were desperately looking for a tie, on October 9 they found space for the Panamanian’s counterattack. Newton-Williamswhose shot escaped over the arc of Bangueraat minute 40.
The author of the first goal, Calfhe was close to repeating with a header in the arc of Dolphin, but the shot crashed into the left vertical, in the last action of the first half.
One minute after the game resumed, the defender Marcos Canga avoided the possibility of a draw, as he anticipated the attacker’s shot Janner Corozo.
The patience in defense and the clarity to come out in fast counterattacks were the main characteristics with which he came out in the second half on October 9 to try to sustain the victory and try to extend it.
However, the insistence of Dolphin for reaching the tie paid off in the 73rd minute, when Chicaiza scored by taking a penalty, after a foul Glendys Mina on Jostin Alman.
The series will be defined next Thursday and, if the tie persists in regular time, shots from the penalty spot will be used.
Data sheet:
1. Dolphin: Maximum Banguera; Hernán Petryk, Nicolás Bazzana, Facundo Queiróz (m.74, Luis Caicedo), Wilmer Meneses; Gonzalo González (m.59, Charles Vélez), John Rodríguez (m.86, Wiston Fernández), Edison Mero (m.59, John Jairo Cifuente), Luis Chicaiza; Janner Corozo (m.86, Juan Diego Rojas) and Jostin Alman.
Coach: William Sanguinetti.
October 19: Jorge Pines; Marcos Cangá, Kevin Becerra, Darwin Torres, Glendys Mina (m.76, Giovanny Nazareno); José Cazares, Renny Jaramillo, Danny Luna (m.88, Walberto Caicedo), Mauro Da Luz (m.76, Johao Chávez); Ricardo Phillips and Newton Williams (d.54, Alfredo Stephens).
Coach: Juan Carlos Leon.
Goals: 0-1, m.21: Kevin Becerra. 1-1, m.73: Andrés Chicaiza, from a penalty.
Referee: Carlos Ortega, from Colombia, admonished Cangá, Meneses, Phillips, Mina, Alman, Chicaiza and Cazares.
Incidents: First leg of the first phase of the South American Cup played at the Jocay stadium in Manta.
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