Everything was ready for a new edition of the Ecuadorian football classic between Emelec and Barcelona de Guayaquil at George Capwell stadium for the eleventh round of the championship. However, a new act of violence caused the match to be suspended when not even ten minutes of the first half had been played.
Everything was ready for a new edition of the Ecuadorian football classic between Emelec and Barcelona de Guayaquil at George Capwell stadium for the eleventh round of the championship. However, a new act of violence caused the match to be suspended when not even ten minutes of the first half had been played.
The problems arose when within 30 seconds the visiting team opened the scoring through Erick Castillo. Immediately, the yellow players ran to celebrate and a rain of objects fell on all of them. The most affected was Paco Rodríguez, who was hit in the face with a bottle.
While all this was happening, the play was reviewed in the video refereeing, where it was finally determined that the same Uruguayan defender had committed a foul in the area. André Congo informed the players that the actions would start with a free kick for the home team, but the spirits were already heated. Rodríguez continued on the ground, apparently unconscious, and Damián Díaz did not stop complaining about what had happened.