The trump was blue. The victory, the celebration, the points went to Millionaires. Tolima He seemed devoted, resigned, it seemed that he was already leaving El Campín without hurting him; the stands were vibrating, there was a party, but Tolima was hiding its claws, its fury. Already at the end of the game he appeared with a lethal goal, a goal that that stadium did not expect, a goal that that blue team did not believe, and it was the 1-1 that extinguished all local celebration.
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Millionaires did not want new surprises, they did not want points to slip away. He did not want Tolima to grow. And everything went wrong. Or almost bad. It is a draw but with a taste of defeat.
In any case, Millionaires sought their victory. And he did not want to wait long, he did not want anguish. His house was full, the stands blue and rowdy. The team came out determined to win, to fight group B.
Then Mackalister, who was back, took a corner kick that could be anything, one more corner kick, but it was lethal. Silva kicked with his right leg, from the pennant, the ball took the effect inwards, that dangerous curve.
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Fernando Uribe looked for her, but he only cheated, he ducked or fell or both at the same time, and behind him was a tower, Julián Quiñones, who as high as he is could not get off, could not avoid contact, the ball hit him and I took the route of the arc, and goal, blue goal, almost an Olympic goal, or own goal, they gave it to Silva according to the official TV broadcast, then he was an Olympic, but for the fans it was worth the same: 1-0 and just 8 minutes .
Tolima was not dead. It is Tolima, the champion, and to prove it, Nieto appeared to put a shot with a candle, directly to the right vertical that was guarded by goalkeeper Ruiz, who did not arrive, but it was not necessary. The ball bounced out. It was a declaration of intent.
But Fernando Uribe is not here to watch the goals, he is here to score and celebrate them, and in his state of grace he almost scored the second with a header that went to the net and the goalkeeper avoided it, and El Campín was going to fall, trembling but not from fear but from euphoria.
This was Millos’s goal that they gave Silva.
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It looked like victory
Tolima, it is known, does not resign, does not surrender, its fast shots always intimidate, thus they approached, little by little, but with deflected shots, balls, unproductive aerial game, force without effectiveness. They lacked that little detail of clarity. And Millionaires was solid. It seemed.
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Millionaires returned from the locker room with a wounded warrior. Felipe Román had an ankle problem and could not continue. Perlaza entered.
The team surely had a slogan: not to lose focus, not to blink, that other games should not happen to him, that Tolima did not get up.
Again, all to the floor
And El Campín vibrated, throbbed. And the timer was running. And suddenly Bertel appeared to put a rifle on the crossbar, those shots that are shouted like a goal, with the certainty that it was a goal, but it was a stick, and on the rebound, while the fans grabbed their heads and readied the second cry , the ball was left to Uribe, the most lethal, who does not like to celebrate from afar, the one who conceived Silva’s goal with his trap, but the scorer headed badly, out and again his hands to his head, because against Tolima already knows that this cannot be failed.
So it was. Everything went to the floor in the end. A still ball, an apparent unsanctioned offside, a miraculous save from goalkeeper Ruiz, and a corner kick. Minute 90. The Tolima collection, the turbulence in the area, a half-rejection of Vargas, and Angulo ready to receive the ball and take his shot and inside, for the 1-1 that left Tolima perched and Millos bored, without a party .
PABLO ROMERO
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