Guayaquil (Ecuador), April 30. Independiente del Valle maintained its dominance in Ecuadorian football, after its 2-3 win away from Emelec, but with pressure from the 2022 local champion, Aucas, who won and fell to two points, at the end of the match this Sunday. eighth date of the first phase.
Independiente accumulated 19 points, after his sixth win, as well as a draw and a loss, but the victory of the eighth round had a special connotation, because he got it at the Emelec stadium, which left him wanting to celebrate with a win the 94th anniversary of its foundation.
The Bolivian Marcelo Moreno Martins scored one goal, and the American-Argentine-Ecuadorian Michael Hoyos scored the other two goals; To make Emelec’s fifth defeat in the tournament less painful, Jhon Jairo Sánchez and Argentine Carlos Villalba converted Emelec’s goals, but Sánchez was sent off, in the 68th minute.
For its part, the popular Aucas won Guayaquil City 1-0 with agony, with a score from the excitadino, Edison Caicedo, in the last action of the match.
Aucas accumulated 17 points and displaced Barcelona from second place, who barely drew a 2-2 draw on their visit to Técnico Universitario, so they moved to third place, with 16 points.
Técnico was always in advantage thanks to the goals of the Colombian Jean Carlos Blanco and after Alex Rangel, the Argentine naturalized Ecuadorian, Damián Díaz, had scored the transitory tie, and at the last moment of the game the Uruguayan Agustín Rodríguez scored the final tie.
Orense achieved a goalless draw on their visit to Libertad de Loja and remained in fourth place, with 15 points, but suffered the expulsion of Glendys Mina, in the 72nd minute, and Libertad was also left with a man less , in minute 69, due to the expulsion of Lenín Chinilín.
The best team of the day was Liga de Quito, which thrashed Universidad Católica 4-0, which was saved from at least four more goals, due to the lack of aim of the Liga attackers, which accumulated 13 points.
Alexander Alvarado, José Angulo, José Quintero and Jhoan Julio scored the goals of the Rey de Copas or Liga de Quito.
El Delfín defeated El Nacional 2-0 and reached the same 13 points in Liga de Quito and Gualaceo, thanks to goals from Argentine Nicolás Goitea and local Jostin Alman.
Gualaceo surprised their rival, Deportivo Cuenca, and defeated them 1-2, with scores from Byron Angulo and the Uruguayan Joaquín Vergés, the discount from Cuenca was from the Argentine Enzo López.
Cumbayá and Mushuc Runa did not go beyond a 1-1 draw, with an own goal by Eddie Guevara from Mushuc Runa and attacker Bagner Delgado, respectively. EFE
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