Atlético Nacional beat Once Caldas 2-0 by date 16 in League II-2021. With goals from Jefferson Duque and Andrés Andrade, the purslane added their 12th victory in the championship, in addition to being leaders in the all against all with 39 points, they are first in the reclassification with one more point over Millonarios.
At minute 2, Atlético Nacional had the first after a cross from the right sector by Yerson Candelo and with a header, Jefferson Duque demanded the Paraguayan goalkeeper Gerardo Ortiz, on the rebound, Yeison Guzmán tried, but the ball was rejected by a team defender visitor.
Once Caldas responded at minute 8, with an arrival from the right of Jesús Murillo, who entered the area and shot hard, but his shot went to the side of the goal.
Averaging the initial stage, the game was concentrated in the midfield. Nacional sought to penetrate the defensive lines of Once Caldas. At minute 25, Jefferson Duque with a header from the right side of the goal and inadvertently, the ball made an effect to enter the back of the net, opening the scoring for the local.
The Antioqueño adds nine goals in this league, 24 this year and 82 with the purslane shirt, remaining sixth in the historical table, beating Hugo Horacio Lóndero and remaining three behind Argentine Oswaldo Marcial Palavecino, who is in fifth place.
At minute 36 and after a counterattack, Nacional had the second goal close. Dorlan Pabón recovered a ball from the bottom, filtered a pass to Jefferson Duque, who served the ball from the left sector to the center of the area, but Andrés Andrade’s shot went wide.
On the 39th minute, Emmanuel Olivera fouled in midfield and was booked. Deriving in his fifth card per League and therefore, he will not be able to be in the next game against Jaguares, in Montería. At minute 41, Once Caldas made his first change, entering Ménder García in place of Dannovi Quiñones.
At 45, a dangerous play by Nacional almost ended in the second goal for the local team. From the left zone, Dorlan Pabón filtered a pass and Andrés Andrade arriving at speed, failed to fully connect the ball, passing slightly deflected from the goal guarded by Ortiz.
In the complementary stage, Felipe Aguilar joined Atlético Nacional instead of Emmanuel Olivera, while Jefferson Cuero left for Once Caldas and Harrison Otálvaro joined. The game was difficult to start in the dynamics they had shown in the first half, until minute 7, when an overflow of Juan David Pérez on the left almost ended in a draw for the visit.
On the 15th minute, there was a double substitution in Nacional, Sebastián Gómez and Yeison Guzmán left, to enter Nelson Palacio and Alex Castro. Three minutes later, Alex Castro from the left wing, then Jefferson Duque and Bryan Rovira each had a choice to increase the lead, but missed the mark in the final stitch.
So much was the insistence until the second goal for Nacional came through Andrés Andrade, who with a left foot and on the edge of the area at minute 23, sent the ball to the upper left corner of the south goal. Liquidating a game that, except for a couple of plays, had been controlled by the premises from start to finish.
After the goal, Once Caldas made a new change, entering Sebastián Guzmán instead of Nicolás Palacios, in Nacional Jefferson Duque left in the middle of an ovation by the 15,555 spectators who attended the Atanasio on a cold night, entering Ruyery Blanco. At minute 30, the visit exhausted its moments of changes with a double substitution; Marcelino Carreazo and Juan David Pérez left, and Félix Micolta and Adrián Estacio entered.
About minute 39, Felipe Aguilar suffered a blow to his head and the game stopped for a few minutes, then the player recovered and was back on the court. In the 43rd minute, Nacional exhausted his changes with the entry of Tomás Ángel instead of Dorlan Pabón who was praised by the public.
In the end, Nacional gets one more victory in the championship that puts him as the leader of the reclassification, he remains undefeated in the Atanasio and with an improvement in his game that will allow him to make rotations thinking about the games that come in the League and the final of the Colombian Cup 2021 against Deportivo Pereira. Once Caldas at times got into the game and competed, but it was not enough to level forces.
On the next date, Atlético Nacional visits Jaguares in Montería, while Once Caldas receives Patriotas de Boyacá in Manizales.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellin
En Twitter: @juanchoserran8
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