Defense and Justice, with substitutes and already eliminated from the South American Cup, managed to equalize with Liga Deportiva Universitaria, from Quito, in two goals, in the Ecuadorian capital, for the fifth date of group F.
Lucas Albertengo scored twice in the first half for Defense and Justice, while José Quintero scored the opening for the League at the beginning of the game and tied Nilson Angulo in the second period.
The Buenos Aires team, already eliminated from the Copa Sudamericana, presented itself with a formation made up of players who usually take over from the starters, to whom coach Sebastián Beccacece offered them a week off to return to work on Monday to begin prepare for the upcoming LPF tournamentwhich will start on Friday, June 3.
Florencio Varela’s team impressed as if they were going to spend a stormy night like the continuous and copious rain that broke out an hour before the start of the match and the one that continued during most of the development of the actions, which were made difficult by the poor state of the playing field.
This was due to the fact that the group tactically oriented by the Argentine Luis Zubeldía soon took the advantage, through a header by Quintero when connecting a cross by Luis Ayala, which surprised goalkeeper Marcos Peano, at 5 minutes.
With that advantage, the locals asserted themselves better and caused the ‘Halcón’ goalkeeper some tumbles, with which they were close to gaining more advantage.
In any case, that did not discourage those led by Sebastián Beccacece, on the contrary, with their usual patience, little by little they managed to take possession of the ball and with good circulation they began to dominate the game, with which they finished the first stage with a very prominent page turn.
Since at 29 minutes, after an intelligent assistance from Agustín Fontana, and at 44, after a short rejection by the Uruguayan goalkeeper Gonzalo Falcón when he deflected a free kick taken by Gabriel Alanis, the scoring lineage of Albertengo appeared to put the ‘Hawk’.
In the complement, on a heavy field with abundant puddles, the League was better affirmed and gradually came to predominate over Defense, which tried to contain the opponent’s onslaught, but in the end it could not before the splendid definition of the youthful midfielder Angulo (18 years old). ), which scored equality at 26 minutes.
With that, the Ecuadorian team embarked on a greater offensive to seek victory, although the final tie, which was the fairest, did not go amiss as they were left alive (10 points) to define on the last date in the Ecuadorian capital against Goianiense, from Brazil, the leader of group F (12 points), the classification to the next phase, on Tuesday 24 at 9:30 p.m.
For Defense (third, with 4), which will receive the last Antofagasta, from Chile, (3) on the same day and time, the presentation in Quito served to show Beccacece that he has a good base to face the rest of the headlines a leading campaign in the next local competition.
