2024-04-26 14:21:20
Although the little experience of the youth footballers of El Nacional In the end it favored the Guayaquil cast, which also had Pedro Ortiz who responded in a great way. Emelec was encouraged and attacked on the wings, with Facundo Castelli active on the offensive. However, the striker missed two clear options to break zero in Quito.
In the second half, those led by Hernán Torres they came out with a better attitude, more aggressive in attack and imposing conditions on the capital team. At minute 60 the central referee gave the maximum penalty in favor of the ‘bombillo’ and Luis Fernando León was in charge of taking the penalty and opening the scoring at the Coloso del Batán.
The Colombian strategist made some variationsalready with some calm in the result, but again the Astillero team began to give space and El Nacional came out with a lot of attitude to find the tie. Ortiz became the figure of Emelec, who ended up suffering more than necessary.
The ‘electrics’ had a very poor performance in the first half, then they recovered at the start of the second half and in the final stretch they ended up suffering. The experience saved Hernán Torres’ team; since Pedro Ortiz, Luis Fernando León and Aníbal Leguizamón were the key elements.
The duel also had some controversies on both sides, which made the atmosphere spicy and tense in the Olympic Atahualpa redoubt. As a fact and after approximately three years, Emelec won again at the Coloso del Batán, its last victory occurred on April 14, 2021 against the Universidad Católica.