Deportivo Independiente Medellín beat Cúcuta Deportivo 4-1 in a duel for date 12 in the 2020 Colombian League. The red team from Antioquia took advantage of the numerical superiority and thanks to the imbalance of Edwin Mosquera and the goals of Bayron Garcés, Israel Escalante, Carlos Monges and Juan Manuel Cuesta, returned to triumph in the championship after three dates.
The first 15 minutes had a Medellín who held the ball and attacked on the wings, making short touches with mobility. Cúcuta recovered the ball and although it was not deep, it had generated a couple of occasions on the goal of Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo.
At minute 20, Juan Camilo Moreno made the first shot to the goal of the DIM, the left-back has known how to get rid of the band and constantly beat the rivals back.
At minute 27 and after a collective play that started from his area, a series of short passes between Michell Ramos and Jefferson Solano, the latter entered the area through the left sector and after a hook, he finished crossed, opening the scoring for Cúcuta Deportivo .
At minute 37, Juan Carlos Caicedo was hit after a foul, to which the Uruguayan coach Ricardo Artigas decided to change him for the Argentine Matías Rodríguez. Medellín also made a change, removing Mauricio Cortés and entering Edwin Mosquera.
The last minutes were with attack attempts at the DIM in a friction match, where Cúcuta had to make another variation, removing José Pérez who left with physical discomfort to make way for Winston Ramírez. The ‘motilón’ team generated a clear scoring opportunity and managed to achieve it.
In the complementary stage, one minute into the game, Cúcuta Deportivo was left with one less player, after Jean Pineda’s attack on Israel Escalante. Medellín got into the game and attacked on the left side with Mosquera, who in five minutes had a couple of clear options to tie the score.
The local took advantage of the numerical superiority to approach the rival goal, with more desire than precision. Cúcuta reacted until minute 15, with a deflected shot from Agustín Vuletich.
At minute 16 and after a corner kick from the left sector, Bayron Garcés caught a rebound inside the area and with his right leg equalized the score before being replaced by Carlos Monges.
The game became very short, with a Cúcuta defending the tie and holding the momentum of the local who dominated the ball and advanced the lines in search of victory.
At minute 25 and after a foray into the left sector of Edwin Mosquera, he served the ball to the heart of the area and after a hint, the Argentine Israel Escalante took advantage of the carelessness in defense to score his first goal as a professional and go to the front of Deportivo Independent Medellín.
Four minutes later, a filtered pass from Javier Reina, was left to Carlos Monges who defined with his right leg to increase the advantage at home. The Paraguayan scored his first goal in Colombian soccer.
At minute 39, Medellín returned to approach the rival area and through a collective move, Israel Escalante entered through the right sector, locating Juan Manuel Cuesta, who marked the fourth for the powerful.
Finally, the Antioquia team took off a very heavy backpack with the elimination of Copa Libertadores and the change of coach, went from an insipid first half to a second where he reflected control of the ball and through Edwin Mosquera, he changed the face of team since joining. Cúcuta again did not maintain the initial advantage and with one man less, everything was uphill.
On the next date, Independiente Medellín will visit Boyacá Chicó in Tunja. Meanwhile, Cúcuta Deportivo receives Deportes Tolima in Armenia.
Synthesis
Independent Medellín 4-1 Cúcuta Deportivo
Independent Medellin: Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo (6); Juan David Mosquera (6), Guillermo Tegüé (6), Andrés Cadavid (6), Juan Camilo Moreno (6); Yesid Díaz (6), José Estupiñán (6), Bayron Garcés (7); Javier Reina (7), Mauricio Cortés (4), Israel Escalante (7).
Changes: Edwin Mosquera (8) by Mauricio Cortés (38 PT), Juan Manuel Cuesta (7) by José Estupiñán (6 ST), Yulián Gómez (6) by Juan Camilo Moreno (18 ST), Carlos Monges (7) by Bayron Garcés ( 18 ST).
D.T.: Javier Alvarez.
Cúcuta Deportivo: Juan Camilo Chaverra (4); José Pérez (6), Diego Peralta (5), Hanyer Mosquera (5), Diego Sánchez (5); Juan Carlos Caicedo (6), Gilberto García (5), Jean Pineda (3); Jefferson Solano (6), Michell Ramos (6), Agustín Vuletich (4).
Changes: Matías Rodríguez (4) by Juan Carlos Caicedo (39 PT), Winston Ramírez (5) by José Pérez (45 PT), Auli Oliveros (5) by Michell Ramos (29 ST), Cristian Mina (5) by Jefferson Ramos (29 ST), Cristian Valencia (5) by Diego Peralta (29 ST).
D.T.: Ricardo Artigas.
Goals: Bayron Garcés (16 ST), Israel Escalante (25 ST), Carlos Monges (29 ST), Juan Manuel Cuesta (38 ST) for Independiente Medellín. Jefferson Solano (27 PT) for Cúcuta Deportivo.
Admonished: Andrés Cadavid (19 ST) at Independiente Medellín. Michell Ramos (25 PT), José Pérez (43 PT), Diego Peralta (19 ST), Winston Ramírez (22 ST), Hanyer Mosquera (34 ST) for Cúcuta Deportivo.
Driven out: Jean Pineda (1 ST) for Cúcuta Deportivo.
Figure: Edwin Mosquera (8).
Referee: Bismarks Santiago (5).
Match: good.
Stadium: Atanasio Girardot.
Assistance: without spectators.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellin
En twitter: @juanchoserran8
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