For the local they converted Byron Palacios (55 minutes) and Ronnie Carrillo penalty (67 ‘), while for the DIM scored EverValencia (18′) and Daniel Londono (87′).
The rematch will take place on March 1 at the Atanasio Girardot in Medellín.
The winner of the key will face forces in the next round with the winner of the series between Always Ready from Bolivia and Magallanes from Chile.
The ‘powerful of the mountain’ moved the board by converting Valencia after 18 minutes. He VAR validated the midfielder’s goal, who placed a powerful shot towards the center of the goal with his right foot after receiving a good service from his teammate Luciano Pons.
The club from Quito, which returned to the First Division after two years, tied at 55′ with a notable definition by striker Palacios, who, infiltrating the rear, was able to catch the ball to hit a right-footed shot to the bottom.
With that, he hid what happened five minutes before: he missed the opportunity to equalize at minute 50 with the miss a penalty Jerry Parrales.
The Uruguayan referee Gustavo Tejera had to go to the VAR again to dictate the maximum penalty, which occurred due to a foul by defender Andrés Cadavid and which was saved by Andrés Mosquera.
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Another Colombian defender, Jhon Palacios, also generated a penalty for El Nacional by touching the ball with his hand. The team in command of the historic Ever Almeida they went on to win 2-1 when Carrillo nestled with a right-footed shot at 67′.
But the allergy was short. At 87′, the coffee grower Londoño evened the score at 2-2 by climbing to define a corner kick with his left.
After DIM’s controversial first goal, El Nacional -which hires only Ecuadorians- remained inflated, but lacked sufficient effectiveness to fit into the Colombian fence, in which Mosquera was well placed to mitigate the danger.
Quito’s ‘pure Creoles’ remain undefeated at home against Colombian teams in Conmebol tournaments. With Wednesday’s result, they added a total of five wins, four draws and six losses in duels inside and outside their stronghold.
The DIM came from triumphing in its last two visitor presentations for the Libertadores.
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