Deportivo Independiente Medellín advanced to the round of 16 in the Colombia Cup, after defeating Once Caldas 1-3, in the second round for the third phase. Two goals from Agustín Vuletich and one goal from Diber Cambindo sentenced the series in favor of the current champions of the tournament. Furthermore, Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo saved Marco Pérez who was making his debut with the ‘white target’.
At minute 5 of the game, the DIM opened the scoring, the play was born from a serve by Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo, the red goalkeeper sent the ball to Edwar López who made an overflow through the right sector, sending the ball to the Argentine forward Agustín Vuletich who he reached the far post, to define calmly at the exit of goalkeeper Gerardo Ortiz.
However, the advantage would not last long for the powerful, since at minute 8, Jefferson Cuero equalized the contest with a powerful left-footed shot far from the reach of goalkeeper Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo. The local attacker took advantage of a defensive disorder after a very good team play.
After the tie, Medellín continued to insist on the opposite goal, at minute 21, Vuletich had the second in a mid-distance shot that he demanded from goalkeeper Ortiz. On the 24th minute, Once Caldas had to make his first change, with the Argentine Fabrizio Buschiazzo retiring due to physical discomfort, entering Nicolás Palacios. Three minutes later, Adrián Arregui left due to injury and Juan Carlos Díaz entered.
At minute 35, Diber Cambindo had a new approach for Medellín with a head blow, but again Ortiz won the duel against the powerful attackers. The visiting team continued to attack, at minute 43, a cross by Vladimir Hernández from the left sector was left on the right sector to Edwar López, who with a head blow grabbed goalkeeper Ortiz off the foot, but Palacios, on the line, saved the goalkeeper. set ‘albo’. The first half ended with an insistent DIM and a local supporting as he could.
In the complementary stage, Medellín made a second variant, removing Juan Carlos Díaz and entering Jean Pineda, while in Once Caldas, Nicolás Messiniti left the party and Marco Pérez entered. As the minutes passed, the game increased in temperature with the constant fouls that were sanctioned, to 15 and after a free kick from the left sector by Vladimir Hernández, the ball to Vuletich remained in the heart of the area, but the Argentine could not define headlong.
So much insistence by DIM was rewarded at minute 24, when Juan Guillermo Arboleda from the right sector sent a cross so that Agustín Vuletich with a head blow, surpassed goalkeeper Ortiz marking the second of the Antioqueño team, going to the front of the series 2- 3.
The powerful continued attacking and at minute 31, again Juan Guillermo Arboleda overflowed on the right, filtered a pass into the small area for Diber Cambindo to score his first goal with the DIM shirt. After the goal, Hernán Darío Gómez made two changes: Javier Reina and Didier Bueno entered instead of Agustín Vuletich and Edwar López.
Once Caldas tried to find the discount in the series and at minute 40, an incursion by Juan David Pérez led to a foul by Víctor Moreno in the area, the red defender knocked down the Caldas striker, a minute later, Marco Pérez kicked the penalty, but Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo stopped the charge without problems.
In the end, Medellín found calm and the way to the goal in the complementary stage, where he had good preparation and by demolition, he specified the options that in other games he could not. The
Reigning champion is still in the race and now he will wait for the draw to find out who he will face in the round of 16.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellin
En twitter: @juanchoserran8
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