Barcelona de Guayaquil lost 1-0 to Macará and will compete in the Copa Sudamericana.

No miracle in Guyaquil. Barcelona lost at home 1-0 against Macará in the last round of the Ecuadorian Serie A and missed the chance to qualify for the Libertadores Cup. They will compete in the Sudamericana next season.

Perhaps Barcelona de Guayaquil deserved to qualify for the Libertadores Cup; but with the defeat at home against Macará, the scenario became clearer.

The 'Canario' team missed their last chance and Macará will go to the Libertadores Cup as Ecuador 4.

At the end of the first half, Macará scored the first and only goal of the match. Uruguayan midfielder Diego Benítez was the executioner of Barcelona de Guayaquil. The player anticipated and scored after a cross.

Barcelona, Independiente del Valle, and Macará will define today in crucial matches two local tickets to the playoff stage of the next Libertadores Cup.

Independiente has one more point than Barcelona and Macará, who have 67 points in the accumulated standings of the two stages of the current season. In terms of goal difference, Barcelona has +22, Independiente has +17, and Macará has +9.

The current season in Ecuador has been marked by surprises in matches where favorites have lost at their home stadiums, and Macará is one of those surprise teams.

For this reason, Barcelona's coach, Uruguayan Guillermo Almada, has taken all precautions for the last match of the season.

Macará will miss Argentine striker Juan Manuel Tévez, who is suspended for one match, and Barcelona will be without Argentine midfielder Matías Oyola, who is injured.