Another of the highlights of Sunday in the BetPlay League 2021-II took place in Bogotá. A downcast Santa Fe, with Gregori Pérez as the new coach, received the América de Cali from Juan Carlos Osorio.
The duel started fairly evenly and without scoring chances. Both teams sought to gain possession of the ball, but imprecision reigned. Likewise, the game was cut a lot due to recurring infractions.
The first clear came at minute 23. Pablo Ortíz headed back a cross from the rival, Juan Sebastián Pedroza captured the rebound and put the ball back into the area. Fainer Torijano held his mark like a forward, turned around and took a volley at point blank range, but Joel Graterol miraculously saved with his feet.
The cardinal set little by little took confidence. Later (29 ‘), Ortíz slipped out and gave the ball to Jonathan Herrera who galloped at full speed, entering the area left his marker on the road with a good hook and instead of giving it to Ronaldo Dinolis to define With the bow at his disposal, he collected royalties and opted for his auction. Again Graterol said NO.
After half an hour of play, clearer for the capital red. First, the Venezuelan goalkeeper failed at the start after a corner kick, one of his great mistakes in the time he has been scarlet, Marlon Torres rejected terribly badly and Dinolis, alone and with an empty goal, could not open the scoring. His shot went wide.
Immediately after, Dinolis himself took advantage of a deep ball to leave Torres on the road, Graterol cleared as he could and the ball fell on Neider Moreno, who tried to sting it, but his shot came out very weak at the hands of the rival goal.
And when it seemed that the first part culminated in a draw, justice was present. Pedroza enabled Fabio Delgado on the left side, the ex-Cortuluá crossed flush and in the middle, as a pure scorer, Dinolis finally celebrated. Second goal for the Panamanian with the Lion.
After the 15-minute break, Juan Carlos Osorio wanted to turn his team around. He decided to send Rodrigo Ureña and Cristian Arrieta to the field, instead of Gustavo Carvajal and Pablo Ortíz respectively.
At least at the beginning, the idea came to the ‘mister’. Jeison Steven Lucumí received in the left zone, outlined and sent a closed center to the area, Gustavo Torres finished as he could at the far post, but Leandro Castellanos closed perfectly.
Santa Fe came out to defend the result, short for others, and completely forgot the offensive rear. This led the Valle del Cauca to advance lines, gain possession and prowl the tie.
The local team reacted only at minute 63, but again they ran into Graterol. Herrera, with a very good game, won on the right, this time if he sent a pass back to his teammate, but Torres, trying to reject it, returned it. The bogotano finished crossed and the great figure saved without rebounding.
But the above was just an exception to the norm. America continued to command at will and its attack was further enhanced with the entry of Adrián Ramos. Of course, Castellanos did not have complicated or decisive interventions.
When the Lion licked his three points, Déinner Quiñones, in the last of the game, took the rabbit out of the galley: he received inside the area and released a left-footed shot that slipped into the right corner of the cardinal porch. Sensational goal for the final equality (1-1).
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