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An attractive tie at 1 goal per team at the George Capwell between Emelec and Barcelona left them still far from the lead and the Astillero classic closed the tenth of phase 1 with many emotions.
The first half was clearly favorable for the Canario, who found space by breaking the local pressure with passes into the void, taking advantage of the speed of Janner Corozo, scorer of the goal for his team and Rojas. In the 11th minute Joao Rojas won on the wing and shot at the goal but Pedro Ortiz deflected it and this was taken advantage of by Corozo. One to zero and continue waiting without pressing too high, leaving all the wear and tear to the blues. At the end of the first half, a new intervention by Janner Corozo caused Romario Caicedo to foul inside the area and Augusto Aragón, match referee, awarded the penalty. Damián Kitu Díaz took charge of the ball and shot low and crossed to the right of Ortíz but the goalkeeper contained the shot. The PT ended with some discussions about the band between the Torero’s substitutes and the blues players.
The second half started the same as the first, with the electric team going with many people on the attack, but this time in search of a tie. At halftime Jaime Ayovi entered, who ultimately became the local hero after scoring the tie in the 55th minute with a strong low shot to beat the Burrai goalkeeper, after an attack from the left and a pass from Castelli.
At the moment Aucas remains the leader of Serie A with 23 points, followed by Independiente del Valle with 22, leaving the protagonists of the classic in 5th and 6th place with 17 and 15 points respectively. The rematch will be in the month of October in the second phase of the tournament at the Monumental Banco Pichincha.
There are 5 dates left until the end of phase 1 and Aucas in the 12th will visit the Canario and that will be a new opportunity to climb to the top for the team of new coach Ariel Holan who will take charge of the Barcelona team from Monday.
Emelec hoped to celebrate its 95th anniversary with a victory over its eternal rival and although the scoring situations were on both sides, they fell far short of meeting the expectations of two teams always candidates to be protagonists of the Pro League.