English:
El Nacional and Universidad Católica played an exciting match at Quito’s Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, corresponding to the second round of the 2025 Liga Pro. The match, refereed by Oswaldo Contreras, ended in a close 1-1 draw. El Nacional opened the scoring in the 9th minute with a goal by A. Cela, assisted by F. Mora. Universidad Católica responded with a goal by B. Palacios in the 63rd minute, assisted by A. Londono. Previously, Católica had a goal disallowed by VAR for I. Diaz in the 23rd minute. The match was marked by tension, reflected in the multiple yellow cards: two for El Nacional (J. Cifuentes and E. Caicedo) and three for Universidad Católica (J. L. Castillo Saa, L. Canga). Despite having less possession (38% vs 62%), El Nacional generated 17 shots (7 on target), while Universidad Católica managed 16 (5 on target).
Substitutions el nacional: at minute 64 M. Olmedo came in and A. Cela went out., at minute 67 A. Ledesma came in and J. Cifuentes went out., at minute 67 E. Mejia came in and D. Pazmino went out., at minute 78 F. Martinez came in and J. Borja went out., at minute 78 J. Chala came in and C. Velez went out.
Substitutions universidad catolica: at minute 66 A. Rodriguez came in and E. Clavijo went out., at minute 71 J. Fajardo came in and B. Palacios went out., at minute 71 R. Troya came in and M. Diaz went out., at minute 85 Jhon Chancellor came in and J. L. Castillo Saa went out., at minute 85 M. Maciel came in and A. Londono went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Universidad Catolica
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El Nacional
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