With many difficulties, but at the end of the day getting the loot it needed, América de Cali defeated Huila 1-0 this Saturday at Pascual Guerrero, in development of the twelfth date of the BetPlay II-2021 League, it returned to victory later of three dates and partially returned to the group of eight, waiting for other results in the remainder of the day.
The cast from Huila made it quite difficult for a defense that has not yet settled down and in the second half was on the verge of taking the tie. Harlin Suárez and Harold Rivera became his clearest players, both in generation and in the various attempts at goal.
There is still little generation of play in the team that Juan Carlos Osorio guides, almost always betting on the ball and what men like Deinner Quiñones and Adrián Ramos can execute, while Joao Rodríguez started again without being able to pocket the ball in the adversary bow.
Huila approached for the first time in the 12th minute with a shot from Harlin Suárez that was stopped by Joel Graterol. For his part, Joao Rodríguez shot with the right hand at 17, but the ball touched the top of the crossbar and went off.
America got up at 19, after Larry Angulo opened space between several ‘opitas’ defenders from 35 meters, turned around, measured the shot and with a powerful whip below beat Geovanni Banguera on the base of the right stick. Golazo.
Atlético Huila with Suárez rehearsed with a frontal shot at 29, but Graterol sent the ball over the horizontal. At minute 34, a shot from Brayan Moreno passed near the crossbar.
Joao Rodríguez wanted to surprise Banguera with another shot, but he went over the horizontal. Then, Adrián Ramos won a header in the area and the ball was floating, but Marlon Torres finished off wide with his left leg, a good option to increase the score.
In the second half, Jorge Segura left to make way for Héctor Quiñones. Within 2 minutes of starting, Deinner left the ball to ‘Adriancho’, but the scarlet captain wasted what could have been the second goal.
Juan Carlos Osorio implemented two variants at 15 minutes: Jhon Palacios by Elvis Mosquera and Gustavo Torres by Adrián Ramos.
Defender Carlos Moreno fouled Marlon Torres in the face in the middle of the penalty area at 18, but referee John Hinestroza did not give the penalty.
Batalla had the clearest opportunity in two consecutive actions, the first when Banguera bounced the ball and the second when he shot incredibly over the top at 21.
Carlos Moreno fouled Ureña in the area at 39 and Hinestroza again skipped the penalty. With more desperation than football the ‘devils’ managed to make the clock advance without receiving a goal and the most important thing was the victory. The truth is that there is still a long way to go in the collective operation.
With 17 points that place him partially eighth, the scarlet box clings to the hope of staying there if Jaguares loses to Alianza Petrolera and if there is no winner between Bucaramanga and Medellín.
On the next day, America will visit Millonarios on Saturday, October 9 (6:00 pm) and Huila will receive Nacional that same day (8:10 pm). For Superliga, the red box will host Santa Fe next Tuesday (7:45 pm) in the first leg.
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
In Twitter: @ marquitosgarcés
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