Guayaquil City and Delfin tied this Monday 1-1at the close of the fourth day of the first phase of the ecuadorian championship, and they were far from the leader Barcelona, who added 12 points in their four games. The scorer John Jairo Cifuente, through a penalty shot, advanced the visitor Delfin, who is twelfth with 4 points, and the attacker Miguel Parales scored the tie for Guayaquil City, which added 6 units. The tie was also thanks to the great performance of Guayaquil goalkeeper Gonzalo Valle, who won two heads-up against Cifuente; while on Delfin’s side, goalkeeper Máximo Banguera closed his frame against several attempts by the local attackers. The cetacean team played with a man less from minute 47, due to the expulsion of midfielder Edison Mero.
At the end of the fourth date of the first phase, Barcelona is leading and remains undefeated, while Liga de Quito is second with 9 points; over Emelec and Deportivo Cuenca, with 7 each. Gualaceo, in addition to giving the surprise of the date by beating the favorite Emelec 2-1, savored its first victory in its debut in the First Division, with an outstanding performance by Uruguayan midfielder Joaquín Vergés.
The Argentine attacker Santiago Giordana was the top scorer of the tournament, with five goals, with the Mushuc Runa shirt, which he reached in 2021 on the recommendation of last season’s scorer, his compatriot Jonathan Bauman, now at Independiente del Valle. Behind Giordana, with four goals, is the Ecuadorian midfielder Gabiel ‘Loco’ Cortéz, who with the Barcelona shirt has experienced a great upturn in his level of play, inspired by the Argentine coach Jorge Célico. Bauman, who scored 26 goals last season, scored just one goal this season, making defending champion Independiente the team with the lowest goalscoring production, with only two goals in four games.
The safest goalkeeper in the tournament is, at the moment, the Argentine Javier Burrai, who with Barcelona received only one goal, from a penalty kick, on matchday three.
The fifth day will be played between next Friday and Monday with the matches: Independiente del Valle-Orense; Mushuc Runa-Barcelona; Quito-Aucas League; Cumbayá-University Technician; Emelec-Dolphin; Macará-Guayaquil City; October 9-Gualaceo and Deportivo Cuenca-Universidad Católica.
