Liga de Quito won the Copa Sudamericana on October 28 after defeating Brazil’s Fortaleza in stoppage time (1-1 in regular time). The celebration of the white footballers in the dressing room of the Maldonado Stadium (Uruguay) included shouts and insults against Barcelona SC, a club that had nothing to do with the competition that crowned them in the second most important Conmebol tournament.

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For Adrián Gabbarini, the veteran substitute goalkeeper, and midfielder Ezequiel Piovia at the consecration of the lilies, the main thing was to remember the Astillero team and the fact that they suffered their first defeat against the Canarians in Casa Blanca in 26 years.

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Last Sunday, in the penultimate term of the second phase of the Pro League, it was not enough for Barcelona SC to overcome Guayaquil City with a score of 2-1 to stay in the fight for the finalist of the national championship. This was prevented by the university’s 2-1 victory over Cumbaya and thus Liga de Quito secured the lead at the stage and competed for the title with Independiente del Valle.

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‘they started’

Meanwhile, the Toreadors will remain unmoved from third place in the aggregate table and thus qualified for the group stage of the Copa LIbertadores 2024, thanks to the fact that the League opened up another place as they also sealed their ticket to the LIbertadores with the win at the Sudamericana.

Esteban Paz, the most representative leader of the League, was asked this Wednesday what he thought about the path his club opened for the bullfighters to enter the most traditional continental competitions.

Esteban Paz: ‘I’m not a regionalist, I’ll defend the League of Quito whenever I have to’

“If I answer something about Barcelona SC, they will immediately jump and say that ‘The League has Barcelona SC on the tip of their tongue’, but when they throw all the darts, aren’t they thinking about Liga de Quito? They answer us: ‘they only think about Barcelona SC’. One comes forward and criticism comes and they say: ‘they are regionalists’, as if they are talking about Guayaquil, and not about a team that is antagonistic. But they say that we are regionalists”, said Paz in a radio interview. Coverage.

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According to Paz, “they start and if they answer, it’s regionalism.” Then, in an interview with Capital Station, the white manager criticized sports journalism from a region of Ecuador that he did not mention: “What level of journalists do we have in the sector of the country! It’s terrifying. “It is a good time for Ecuadorian football that the quotas could be increased, regardless of which team benefits,” he concluded of Barcelona’s classification. (D)