Deportes Tolima achieved an important victory at home against América, maintaining its supremacy in group B of home runs. Six units that can catapult him to an eventual end before his time. However, there are still four rounds to go, which will be completed in less than two weeks.
The statistics do not favor the Ibaguereans, who already know what it is to start a home run phase in short tournaments by winning the first two games. In the statistics, 19 clubs started adding six units, of which 12 went to the grand final, but another seven were left without the illusion of fighting for the title.
Coincidentally, Tolima has a negative record in this phase. Three times he started winning both games of his home run, three times he was eliminated from the grand final, despite setting a trend in the initial dates.
The first of them occurred in 2005-I, when he joined a group with Nacional, Medellín and Cali. Victory against the powerful and the Caleño team. In the end, he finished second with 13 points, one less than the purslane, who beat Santa Fe in the final.
For the 2013 opening, the vinotino was with Nacional, Itagüí and Pasto in group B. They defeated the Antioqueños on the first date and then Pasto, despite the advantage, they failed to consolidate and were third with eight units. The finalist was National with 10 points.
In 2019-II they arrived as the favorites, sharing an area with Junior, Nacional and Cúcuta. They made the most difficult, beating Junior at a visit and the purslane at home. However, the shark bit and went to the final with 11 points. Coincidentally, the step was taken away on the sixth date, when both tied in Ibagué at two goals.
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