Millonarios and Águilas Doradas showed one of those matches, where tactics took precedence over the virtues of both parties. Despite the customary handling of the blues, whatever the field, the roles changed in Rionegro, where the locals imposed conditions, taking advantage of Elvis Perlaza’s expulsion in the first half. Scoreless tie at the Alberto Grisales.
Millionaires began to have the ball, positioning themselves in their style, giving the ball transit. For its part, Águilas had a compact block, leaving few spaces between zone and zone, knowing the virtues of the rival. Given this, Leonel Álvarez appealed to wait in his field, without being subjected to the line of his goal, to take the ball and play in attack.
Much of the first half was referred to the attempts of both, to be able to put together the play, touching and looking for space. Despite this, the tactical order of the two defenses stood out, so the duel was sent to the middle of the field, in a difficult castling for both teams to disarm.
The Blues had, for the most part, possession of the ball. The roles of the match changed at minute 34′ when Elvis Perlaza hit Salazar, in a dispute for the ball. The central showed yellow, but received the call from his assistants in the VAR, going to the RRA, to review the action, determining the expulsion for the blue side. To occupy this area, Cuenú entered, through Gómez. Gamero left Vargas as a winger and accommodated the newcomer as a winger.
In the second part, the extra man began to feel the intentions of Aguilas. Advanced lines, to go looking for the goal, generating several options, disturbing Montero’s goal.
In addition, Millonarios began to look uncomfortable on the court, making mistakes in coverage, recovering and not being able to generate play, having defensive work as the main task, avoiding the fall of his goal.
At minute 66′ the clearest action for the locals took place. Diagonal breastplates for Duarte, who won the position from Alba and Ruiz, in charge of that area on the mark, to finish off, very close to Montero, crashing the ball into the crossbar.
The blue attack was limited to looking for a long play, still ball, because Gamero’s order was to keep the block, always prioritizing the zero. The blue strategist sent Celis, Herazo and Cataño to the field, given the wear and tear made by the men in the middle of the field.
At minute 78 ‘Anthony Vásquez took advantage of a Cuenú error at the start, taking a shot on goal, where Montero responded, avoiding a goal on his goal.
The tie left Millonarios, temporary leader, with 15 points, while Águilas Doradas reached six points, remaining in 17th place.
