Emelec drew 1 with Barcelona SC in the Clásico del Astillero and maintains the leadership of the Pro League | National Championship | sports

Braking for Emelec and Barcelona in the fight for the absolute leadership of LigaPro. Blues and yellows tied at 1 goal in the last Clásico of the season. Little help to climb the table, which closes matchday 11 with three clubs tied at 22 points. Emelec was able to triumph, but missed a penalty in the final stretch of the game.

Intense movement of the two frames in the first minutes, Barcelona with better control in the midfield and a first dangerous action on the goal of Pedro Ortiz at minute 2. Emanuel Martínez was loose in front of the area and took a shot that hit the left vertical of the local arc.

Before the dynamics of the yellow team, it was difficult for Emelec to react and have the ball, but he was able to take advantage of a defensive error by Barcelona, ​​which in a bad clearance by Nixon Molina left the ball for Facundo Barceló, who inside the area finished for 1-0 millionaires at minute 13.

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points, plus 11 from GD have Emelec and Barcelona. Blues, up by goals scored (20 against 16).

The visit was for the tie. Damián Díaz appeared to assume the offensive production and be the key to open the defense of the premises.

From the corner or with a controlled ball, the Another He was gravitating in Fabián Bustos’ team. At minute 18, a Diaz center found William Riveros located in the area for a header that demanded goalkeeper Pedro Ortiz.

From a corner kick came the goal of equality. Díaz in the center and a ball left to Jonatan Álvez in front of the goal to beat Ortiz with a low shot (33 min) and score the 1-1.

Equality was the breaking point in the compromise process, with a marked drop in Emelec and the rise of Barcelona, ​​which finished the first half better and with clear actions in search of imbalance on the scoreboard.

Inside the area, Álvez and Díaz formed a pair of danger. At 39 min, El Loco enabled the bullfighter captain for a shot that Ortiz saved, a minute followed by Another he crossed and the Uruguayan’s header went just off the goal.

The yellow ones pressed in the complement. Martínez joined the generation of the game and due to dynamics, the visit looked more settled on the court.

In dispute for the leadership, Emelec risked. Ismael Resalvo changed his system and gave priority to the deployment of Bryan Carabalí and Romario Caicedo, with which Barcelona stopped, their offenses were overshadowed and Emelec was able to go on the attack.

A long pass to Caicedo resulted in a penalty for the Blues. The winger fell before contact with Riveros, a foul sanctioned by judge Guillermo Guerrero and ratified with the video arbitration system (VAR), an extensive protocol for a wrong definition of Barceló, who crashed the ball horizontally. (D)

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