CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (Interstat) — LDU Quito defeated visiting Barcelona SC 2-1 at Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, using a second-half scoring burst to secure the result. Fernando Cornejo opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Alexander Alvarado added LDU Quito’s second goal in the 82nd minute and received a yellow card in the 83rd. Barcelona SC struggled to answer and collected yellow cards through Carabali B., Quinonez Ruiz J. R., Contreras J. and Baez J. LDU Quito’s Allala Menendez G. F. also was booked. In stoppage time, Barcelona SC’s Vargas W. and LDU Quito’s Deyverson were sent off. LDU Quito improved to 1-0-0 in the competition and overall. Barcelona SC dropped to 0-1-0 in the competition and overall. Substitutions came throughout the second half, with both sides making changes before and after the goals. LDU Quito made three changes in the 72nd minute and two more at 90 minutes, while Barcelona SC used substitutions in the 59th, 67th and 78th minutes.