Deportivo Cali continues adding and eliminated Envigado from Liga BetPlay

Jorge Luis Pinto’s team managed to win 2-0 on this date 18 and continues to climb positions.

Deportivo Cali hosted Envigado on date 18 of the BetPlay League 2023-I and at the Palmaseca stadium, the team led by Jorge Luis Pinto achieved an important 2-0 victory to get away from relegation and incidentally completely eliminate the orange team.

From minute 3, Deportivo Cali started in a great way thanks to a goal by Gustavo Ramírez, who finished off in a great way and with power with his right foot from the center of the area, taking advantage of a good assist from Jhon Vásquez, who saw the space to take advantage of the sugar counterattack.

Envigado failed to recover from that conceded goal and began to make fouls that filled them with yellow cards in a few minutes. Yefferson Rodallega, Jesús Vargas and Noreña were punished in the ‘Heroes Quarry’.

As for Cali, they managed to play much better and outplayed Envigado game-wise, leaving few gaps in their goal. For this reason, before the end of the first half, the sugar bowl managed to deliver the other blow of authority.

Around minute 42, striker Kevin Velasco took advantage of a knot in Envigado’s defense and finished off with a great location, thanks to a great left foot shot that he sent to the right side of the goal defended by Joan Parra, thus achieving a comfortable 2-0 in Palmaseca.

For the complement, the intensity on the part of Cali decreased and Jorge Luis Pinto’s team failed to reach the Envigado goal with great forcefulness, while the visit barely tried with possession of the ball to reach the local goal and do damage.

However, in the last nine minutes of the game, Envigado sped up a bit and had several shots, but none clearly.

Despite this, Envigado’s constant fouls made him pay dearly for so many short games and Santiago Noreña received a double booking after a foul on Kevin Viveros, leaving his team with ten men five minutes from the end of the game.

In the end, Deportivo Cali managed to maintain its two-goal advantage and reached 18 to 21 points on this date, managing to locate itself in position 14. On the other hand, Envigado was left completely without options to qualify for the home runs by being left with 20 units.