Universidad Católica and Libertad in a vibrant match in Quito
Universidad Católica and Libertad faced each other this Saturday in an exciting match that ended with a 2-1 victory for the home team. The match, played at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito, was a constant back-and-forth, with both teams looking for the opponent’s goal with insistence.
Libertad started the match with greater intensity and took the lead thanks to two goals from Cristian Penilla in the second half. The first goal came in the 48th minute and the second in the 54th.
However, Universidad Católica did not shrink and managed to tie the score in the 88th minute with a goal from José Cifuentes.
In the last minute of the match, Universidad Católica managed to tip the balance with an own goal from a Libertad player.
The dominance of Universidad Católica was reflected in the statistics. The home team had 73% possession of the ball, while Libertad only reached 27%. In addition, Universidad Católica took 24 shots on goal, with 5 of them on target, while Libertad only managed to generate 6 shots, 3 of them on goal.
The refereeing was in charge of the Ecuadorian Augusto Bergelio Aragon Bautista. Universidad Católica received two yellow cards, while Libertad did not receive any.
Substitutions universidad catolica: at minute 61 B. Palacios came in and M. Diaz went out., at minute 61 D. A. Romero Padilla came in and G. Anangono went out., at minute 61 L. Loor came in and J. L. Castillo Saa went out., at minute 61 J. Cifuentes came in and A. Alvarado went out., at minute 66 Jhon Chancellor came in and K. Minda went out.
Substitutions libertad: at minute 68 C. Obando came in and D. Caicedo went out., at minute 68 E. A. Angulo Avila came in and L. Gomez went out., at minute 78 L. Angulo came in and W. Ayovi went out., at minute 88 F. Avila came in and I. Zambrano went out., at minute 89 W. Bardales came in and D. Bolanos went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Universidad Catolica
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Libertad
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