Emelec closed this Monday with a 0-0 draw against Gualaceo on the 14th date of the first phase of the Ecuadorian football tournament, in which Independiente del Valle continued its winning proposition that ranks it as the team with the most wins in the phase.

In the debut of Colombian coach Hernán Torres, Emelec drew only a goalless draw, a result that kept the team from the city of Guayaquil at the bottom of the overall standings of the tournament.

On the other hand, the coach of Independiente, the Argentine Martín Anselmi, the youngest of the holders of the difficult Ecuadorian tournament, at the age of 37, seemed to discover the pulse of his team and the tournament.

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Team Valle won 11 games, drew one and lost two; he coordinated the lines well and this was reflected in the 28 goals scored and only 11 conceded.

Due to the current Copa Libertadores dispute, Asnelmi’s team has rotated its main figures with youngsters and substitutes, allowing him to field an eleven for each game, with good results such as the 0-2 away win against Orense, on this last date.

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With that victory, he increased his advantage at the top of the table with 34 points compared to the 27 of his entourage El Nacional and eight points compared to the 26 of Barcelona with whom he led a closed dispute for the first time published until the twelfth date.

However, the fourteenth date allowed Barcelona to overcome the football crisis caused by a series of injuries to its figures, which caused a decline in the team, although it was reunited with a 1-2 victory against Guayaquil City.

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The surprise of the first phase was arranged by El Nacional, who, with a coach with the experience and experience of the Uruguayan-Paraguayan Ever Hugo Almeida and a team with several renowned players, reached the second place in the ranking, and in their last game they managed to come back and beat Deportivo Cuenca 3-1.

Liga de Quito, which has recruited high-profile figures to play this first phase, has suffered through ups and downs under Luis Zubeldía’s technical leadership, narrowly drawing 0-0 with lowly Cumbaya in their last outing at home.

His fans were also disappointed by last year’s champion, Aucas, who last season, led by Venezuelan coach César Farías, won the first title in the history of Ecuadorian professional football, but this year fell with one lime and one sand.

To make matters worse, Farías was suspended on this date for an episode of aggression with two Delfín players, against whom Aucas lost 2-0, and is awaiting a disciplinary decision from LigaPro, the tournament’s organisers.

The date of the fourteenth became one of the most violent in the first phase, since, apart from the episode with Farías, the defender from the club Técnico Universitario was accused of punching the referee Cristian Guillén in the face, during the match his team was playing. lost 1-0 to Libertad.

The university technician suffered three more exclusions, and Libertad one; while Universidad Católica was left with two players less, in a match they won 3-2 against Mushuc Runa. Ourense also suffered relegation, and Barcelona another. (D)