America was initially surprised by a Once Caldas that opened the scoring at minute 9‘, the Manizales team was the one that started winning with a goal by Luis Sánchezwho defined after an outstanding individual action.
The tie for America did not take longin the 19th minute came a superb shot from Palacios on the edge of the wall on the left, goalkeeper Parra made a tremendous save, but in The rebound left the ball to Mateo Castillo, who without thinking took a violent right hand. that went to the back of the net.
After the score, the Scarlets went with everything and before the first half they had clear options to go ahead on the board, first with a counterattack by Angulo, then with a shot by Yeison Guzmán that went very closea one-on-one in which Parra saved Borrero and a shot by Escobar that narrowly missed.
In the second half Once Caldas had the first clear break with an attack between Dayro Moreno and Mateo ZuletaHowever, they did not decide in the best way and wasted a clear goal option.
America responded with a header from Guzmán and then a shot from the same player that burned goalkeeper Parra’s gloves.
Once Caldas was close to victory with an arrival from Zapata, but when he was about to score, Marlon Torres appeared, who managed to send the ball to the corner with an iron.
The last of the meeting was a Escobar’s powerful shot for América that sent goalkeeper Parra flying spectacularlywho stopped the ball with a changed hand.
With the tie, América is third with 7 points, while Once Caldas is seventh with 5 points.
