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Independiente del Valle beats Macará and turns its focus to Flamengo in Libertadores

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Independiente del Valle beat Macará 3-1 in Ecuador's Liga Pro and moved to 71 points with one match remaining in the first stage.
  • Djorkaeff Reasco scored twice and Ronald Briones added a third within the opening 15 minutes; Macará's goal came through an own goal by Andy Velasco.
  • Independiente now prepares to face defending champion Flamengo in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals next Thursday.

Independiente del Valle put its domestic campaign to one side and turned its attention to Flamengo after beating Macará 3-1 in Ecuador's Liga Pro.

The Quito side settled the match in the opening 15 minutes. Djorkaeff Reasco scored the first two goals, taking his season total to 10, and Ronald Briones added the third. Macará pulled one back through an own goal by defender Andy Velasco.

The victory lifted Independiente to 71 points, 23 ahead of second-placed Aucas, which was scheduled to play Barcelona on Sunday. Macará remained on 48 points with one round of the first stage still to play.

Coach Joaquín Papa watched from the stands while serving a three-match suspension for insulting the referee in the previous game against Barcelona. He fielded most of the substitutes against Macará, keeping the Copa Libertadores quarterfinal first leg against defending champion Flamengo in mind. That match is scheduled for next Thursday.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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