Atlético Nacional defeated Envigado Fútbol Club 3-2 on the 11th date of the 2020 Colombian League. With goals from Vladimir Hernández, Jefferson Duque and Baldomero Perlaza, the purslane team achieved their first victory after returning to competition against the Antioquia team that He had better started this part of the year and although he had gone ahead of the scoreboard twice, he did not reach him.
The first half began with an accident, one minute into the game, an offensive incursion by Neyder Moreno through the right sector, crashing with Diego Braghieri, who had to be treated by the team doctor, after two minutes, he returned to the field. At minute 10, a clash between Brayan Rovira and Iván Rojas, the Envigado player took the worst part and suffered a sprained left ankle, although he was able to return to the field of play, the player was replaced by Michael Nike Gómez at minute 16, who was coming off a suspension, after suffering a red card in the game against Patriots.
Envigado pressed and exploited the bands to find the opposite arc. Nacional that had added more men in defense, avoided danger and went on a counterattack, the purslane tried with medium distance shots, but they were not precise. The game was turning very quickly, without much elaboration.
At minute 20, Francisco Báez was booked after a hard foul on Christian Mafla. Yerson Candelo’s free kick led to a cross into the area for Geisson Perea who headed the ball, but it went over the orange goal.
On the 27th minute, Envigado was again pressing on the opposite goal and taking advantage of the spaces that Nacional left in defense, Santiago Jiménez with a crossed shot, disturbed the goal guarded by Aldair Quintana. The visit took advantage of his right sector, the left of the premises, where he laid his offensive game, although he needed to be deeper in the last pass.
At minute 39, an arrival from the right by Santiago Jiménez led to an alleged foul by Diego Braghieri on Envigado’s side, which the referee Edilson Ariza sanctioned a penalty. At minute 41, Neyder Moreno transformed the free-kick for a goal, applying the ‘ex’s law’ and putting the whole of the south of the Aburrá Valley in front. The visit could stretch the lead on the scoreboard, but Moreno’s cross shot went wide.
At 45, a Yerson Candelo cross to the right, reached the far post to Vladimir Hernández, who with a head blow scored the tie in his 100th game with the Nacional shirt. It was goal 21 of the Araucanian with the purslane team. The game ended the first half with Neyder Moreno beaten over his area and being treated by Envigado doctors.
In the complementary stage, Nacional made two changes: Geisson Perea and Sebastián Gómez left for Andrés Andrade and Jarlan Barrera. On Envigado’s side, Neyder Moreno failed to recover from the blow to his right ankle and was relieved by Edison López. The locals advanced their lines with the players who entered.
At minute 13 and after an arrival from the left, Tomás Maya joined Jorge Aguirre so that the former Nacional player could center the area and Yeison Guzmán arrived at the far post to push the ball with his right leg, putting the team from Envigado in front .
After the goal, Nacional tried to react on the rival goal, at minute 23, a shot from Mafla disturbed the rival goal. At minute 24 and after two variations made by the local, a cross from the right by Yerson Candelo, the ball fell to Jefferson Duque, who, with a header, equalized the score.
On the 30th minute and after a throw-in from the right sector, the ball was left to Andrés Andrade, who filtered the ball to Baldomero Perlaza, who was already as a center forward and with a defined turn to put the scoreboard ahead on the scoreboard. purslane set.
Nacional was encouraged in the opposite goal and Envigado also went out to look for the tie, with more aggressiveness than solvency. The purslane attacked until the last minute with Jefferson Duque who had two clear chances to increase the advantage.
In the end, Nacional achieves a victory after two defeats and regains confidence in the face of Envigado who did not achieve the solidity of the previous matches, although he showed interesting things and courage on the field, it was not enough to achieve the desired result.
On the next date, Atlético Nacional will visit Atlético Bucaramanga on Tuesday, October 6 at the Alfonso López stadium in the capital of Santander. While Envigado Fútbol Club receives the América de Cali on Wednesday, October 7, at the Polideportivo Sur stadium.
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