With the need for Nacional and Cali, the duel between the greens looks intense

National Athletic cannot give advantages because the time for the all-against-all phase is running out, and this Sunday they will have the opportunity to ratify what they did in Montería against Jaguares, when they face Cali at the Atanasio Girardot starting at 5:35 in the afternoon.

The triumph 1-0 of the Antioquian team over the feline club, getting the zero in his goal, was a good start for coach Pedro Sarmiento’s interim, so another three points would put him back in the group of eight. On the other hand, a defeat against Cali would leave him very far from that goal.

While Nacional fights to get among the teams that will play the finals, the Valle del Cauca team wants to leave the bottom of the table. Both are great and historical clubs of Colombian soccer and it is in these difficult moments when they must remove the hierarchy and both teams have players to do it.

The match will have another special seasoning, because the interim coach of the green paisa, Pedro Sarmiento, directed Cali and made it champion in the first half of 2005.

“I was in an important time in that club and goals were achieved, but today we are in Nacional and we need results”, said the coach.

added who hopes that Nacional can have the ball in an orderly manner and that can attack with intelligence. “We must create spaces in attack with possession of the ball and order in defense.”

Dorlan Pabón agreed with him, who also reiterated that it is a match in which Nacional must handle the ball. “We have to win again at home, because we have let points slip away. Although Cali is not going through a good moment, it is a dangerous team. We must have the ball and make a difference through the players we have”.

Also, there will be a duel of scorers, as this is the case of Jéfferson Duque and Teófilo Gutiérrezwho comes from scoring one of the goals against Pasto, in the 2-0 victory and who left behind the rumors of conflict with the sugar technician, Mayer Candelo.

Both Teo and Duque have, with their aim, the ability to unbalance the game and tip the scales for one or the other team.

Both have been measured in 284 matches for all competitions: Liga, Copa Colombia, Superliga, Copa Libertadores, Copa Suramericana and Merconorte. Of these, the Paisa team won 101 times, lost 111 and drew 72. It has 392 goals for and 422 against. Nacional adds three consecutive duels without being able to beat the sugar producers, two defeats and a draw, so it is the opportunity to return to victory in front of their fans