2024-08-13 16:58:01
The home side started the first half actively and came close to taking the lead after a shot by Óscar Zambrano. At 15 minutes, Ricardo Adé gave a great pass that was received by Leonel Quiñónez, and the Ecuadorian gave the assist to Alex Arce to be in charge of scoring the first goal in favor of the King of Cups.
The ‘albo’ team had total control in the first 45 minutes, they did not suffer and neither did they suffocate the rival, towards the end of this block through the ‘Paraguayan Haaland’ they were able to increase the difference.
At the start of the second half, Técnico Universitario suffered the expulsion of Roberto Luzarraga for a second yellow cardafter the strong tackle against Alex Arce. After this, Liga de Quito was intense again, putting a lot of pressure with the Paraguayan and Michael Estrada, who was very eager to find the goal again; but again it didn’t work out.
Little by little the King of Cups could not take advantage of the numerical advantagethe intensity was dropping and the entries of Jan Hurtado and Jhojan Julio did not help Josep Alcácer either. In the final stretch, the team from Ambato woke up and through Milton Maciel was close to being one on one with Alexander Domínguez; but Ricardo Adé entered and the referee interpreted that his action interrupted a goal-scoring action, so he determined a red card for the defender.
Liga de Quito could not finish the match and suffered because of that factor, but in the end they ended up taking the 3 points that put them in fourth place with 18 points and with two pending dates.. This Tuesday they will visit Libertad, in the match corresponding to the fourth postponed matchday of LigaPro.