Macará could not maintain the advantage of the first half and allowed the recovery of the Barcelona idol in the second half, to register a 1-1 draw this Friday night at the Bellavista stadium in Ambato, in a match valid for date six of the phase one of LigaPro-2024.
The Ambateño light blue eleven surprised the powerful Buenos Aires team and went ahead on the scoreboard thanks to Freddy Mina at 35′, after a great play on the left by Jeanpol Morales.
The locals settled for the minimal advantage and retreated lines to maintain it. The negotiation turned out to be very risky, since the Canary has many offensive variants.
Although he was able to hold on until the end of the first half, around the hour mark after a cross from Bryan Oyola, the recently introduced Janner Corozo sent him to save in a disputed play that only the VAR marked a technological ruling and, after the subsequent wait, determined equality at 64′.
The Guayaquil team went all out in pursuit of victory to recover positions in the general table, but the Ambateño wall came out well and achieved the tie to complete the 9 points in six presentations.
Barcelona, which has two deferred matches (Universidad Católica and Liga de Quito) stagnated at 5 points in this part of the tournament, a few days after marking its debut in the Copa Libertadores-2024, as part of Group B, away against the Chilean Cobresal, next Tuesday, April 2.
On the next day of the Ecuadorian competition, the seventh, Macará will visit Imbabura at the Olympic Stadium in Ibarra while Barcelona will be home against Deportivo Cuenca at the Monumental de Guayaquil.
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