In the fourth match in Guayaquil, Barcelona Sporting Club managed to beat Estudiantes de La Plata. The yellow team had to wait 52 years, 2 months and 22 days (a total of 19,077 days) to beat the Argentine team in the Conmebol tournament.

Benjamín Rollheiser, character of Estudiantes LP in Guayaquil: We played a good game, maybe we didn’t deserve this result

On the night of Tuesday, July 11, the Toreadors, who are not in the best football moment after failure in the first stage of the Pro League and relegation from the Copa Libertadores, achieved a 2-1 victory with great results from the Ecuadorians Fidel Martínez (28 min) and Janner Corozo (77 min) in the first game for playoffs for access to the round of 16 of the South American. Leonardo Ezequiel Godoy scored a discount (45 min.)

Barcelona SC has a slight lead against Estudiantes LP in the Copa Sudamericana ‘playoffs’

The first meeting between these two clubs was on April 18, 1971, and Estudiantes – who at the time were the current three-time champions of the Americas (1968, 1969 and 1970) – remained victorious with a goal by Argentine striker Juan Miguel Echecopar Di Santo. at Modelo Stadium (now Alberto Spencer). It was for the second stage (now the semi-finals) of the Libertadores.

The Albirrojos returned to the city of Buenos Aires on April 21, 2015 and once again the army of La Plata defeated the fans of Barcelona (0-2). Now the goals were from Jonathan Schunke and Guido Carrillo (who started last night) in interceptions for Group 7 of the continental tournament.

In the third appearance in Guayaquil, on April 11, 2017, with a double by Facundo Sánchez and another goal by Juan Cavallaro, they defeated the Yellows (0-3), in Group 1 of the Cup.

And last night, the yellow line-up, led by Ecuadorian coach Segundo Alejandro Castillo, showed the attitude and flashes of that mythical claw that characterized former players to succeed in their battles and cheer up their many fans.

The proposal for an offensive game was given by DT Castillo, but his interpreters imposed a more than good game last night: courage and rebellion to corner the puncharrate at the Monumental Banco Pichincha stadium.

Such a position of the Canaries made us remember the sentence of the Guayaquil journalist and historian Mauro Velásquez (+): “Barcelona is an idol, because it loses when it needs to win and wins when it needs to lose.” When no one cares about him anymore, he is able to rise from the ashes and win an impossible match. It’s Barcelona Sporting Club”.

On Tuesday, July 18, starting at 7 p.m., they will meet again, but in La Plata for the South American to advance to the round of 16. Barcelona must draw or win by the narrowest of margins to face Goiás Esporte Clube of Brazil in their next match. (D)