With advantage of the first leg, Liga de Quito receives Mushuc Runa for Copa Sudamericana

League of Quitothat carries 2-0 leadis applying to liquidate Mushuc Rune this Wednesday, in the rematch between national teams for the initial phase of the South American Cup.

Fortune seems to be against Ponchito’s team behind the dresser victory achieved by the albo a week ago in Ambatowith goals of the Argentine Zaid Romero (62 minutes) and Alexander Alvarado (87) registered with hunger before tactics.

If it does not take flight, Mushuc Runa’s participation in the regional tournament would be fleeting, as it happened in the 2019 edition, in which it made its international debut and fell 6-5 in the penalty shootout after the aggregate 2-2 with the Chilean Spanish Union at the start.

“The squad is very strong and solid, they have shown it against very difficult rivals”said the coach Paul Marini after the azucena club beat Tecnico Universitario 2-1 on Saturday for the Ecuadorian championship, to appear second with 9 points in 4 games.

The Argentine DT, who had been harshly questioned by the fans due to the lack of success since last year and for not defining a starting eleventh, he pointed out that “we are very good. We all want to win, that’s the reality.”

Marini felt “proud” of the performance against University Technicianin a match in which “we saw that we have the necessary spare parts to face difficult games”.

Those from Ponchito are in high spirits after beating Cumbayá 4-2 also on Saturday, with a brace from Argentine striker Santiago Giordana and with which he is fifth with six goals.

His intention is to withstand a shower of shots at the arch and rush out on the counterattack to stun the rival.

When evaluating the first match for the South American, Marini estimated that “the first half was more even, but in the second we were superior” with direct shots at the nets.

“We seek to generate more goal situations, keep up the pressure against a very tough opponent. It’s what we achieved, a lot of incidence from midfield forward,” he added.

‘With everything’

“We fought until the end in our first leg”, said Mushuc Runa. in a statement, emphasizing that for revenge “we will go with everything” to the Rodrigo Paz stadium from 7:30 p.m. local this Wednesday.

The commitment will be arbitrated by the Uruguayans Leodán González (central), Carlos Barreiro and Horacio Ferreiro. (D)

Possible lineups:

League of Quito:

Gonzalo Falcon; Andrés López, Franklin Guerra, Zaid Romero, Christian Cruz; Ezequiel Piovi, Alexander Alvarado, Joao Ortiz, Sebastián González; Jefferson Maple; Thomas Molina. DT: Pablo Marini.

Mushuc Rune:

Adonis Pabon; Franklin Carabalí, David Villalba, Anthony Bedoya, Rody Zambrano; Bagner Delgado, Carlos Feraud, Gaspar Vega, Marco Mosquera, Jonny Uchuari; Santiago Giordana. DT: Geovanny Cumbicus.