At the Alberto Grisales, Águilas Doradas received Deportivo Pasto in the duel corresponding to date 10 of the BetPlay League. The Nariño team traveled to Antioquia with the illusion of staying with the top of the League, but the 1-1 draw as a visitor, drowned this possibility.
At the start of the game, the Nariño team had their first great opportunity to open the scoring. About minute 2, Jeisson Quiñonez, central defender of Águilas Doradas, knocked down Ederson Moreno in the area, in a play that, initially, was not declared a foul, but after the VAR review, it was finally sanctioned by the referee Bismarks Santiago. Jeison Medina was in charge of collecting, but the creeping shot went wide and passed far from the right post of the goal that Carlos Bejarano guarded.
Pasto showed a better game in the first half hour of the match, but it was Rionegro Águilas who opened the scoring. In the 25th minute, Jeisson Quiñonez, the same one who committed the foul that was sanctioned as a penalty, entered the rival area alone, and after a corner kick taken by Christian Marrugo, hit the ball with his right leg to score the first goal to your team.
The volcanic team reacted, and in the 37th minute they had their second clear chance to score. Ray Vanegas took a free kick over the left flank, which Jeison Medina headed well, but the shot bounced off the post in goalkeeper Bejarano’s left hand. Thus ended the first half.
In the second half, Deportivo Pasto equalized the score thanks to a new intervention by the VAR, the referee pointed out a controversial play as a penalty, in which Jesús David Rivas committed a hand inside the area. On this occasion, Feiver Mercado was the one who took the penalty. Bejarano saved, but on the rebound Mercado was better and scored the goal.
After 90 minutes, the score did not change and 1-1 was the final result. With equality, Deportivo Pasto lost the opportunity to be the leader of the championship and with 18 points it remained in third place.
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