BY: SANTIAGO BANQUEZ – SPECIAL FOR PRIMERTIEMPO.CO
With a great performance by Teófilo Gutiérrez, and the return of Christian Marrugo after his injury, Real Cartagena beat Real Cundinamarca 2-1 at the Jaime Morón León and moved into third place in the standings. The Heroicos won with an own goal from Juan Madrid, just in the second minute, and a score from Miguel Murillo, who reached five goals in the championship, although he was injured. Mateo Castillo, playing as a right back, was another of the Auriverdes’ standouts.
Real Cartagena formed with Cristian Arroyave in goal. The defense was made up of Cristian Flórez, Darwin Palomeque, Diego Osío, and Mateo Castillo. Carlos Franco, Deivi Barrios, Estiven Rivas, Brayan Lucumí were present in the center of the field and Miguel Murillo and Teófilo Gutiérrez formed the attacking front.
Those led by Alberto Suárez took the lead on the scoreboard in the 2nd minute thanks to an own goal by Juan Madrid, the product of a corner kick.
Real Cundinamarca reacted and tied the match with a shot inside the area by Arney Rocha in the 17th minute. Until that moment, the match was being equalized with several attacks from both teams.
Quickly, the Heroico club managed to take the lead again in the 23rd minute after a rebound that Miguel Murillo was able to take advantage of, marking the 2-1 and adding his fourth goal in the Apertura tournament.
Miguel Murillo, scorer of the heroic team in the Betplay Dimayor Tournament, was replaced due to physical discomfort near the final whistle of the first half, Yhonier López entered his place.
The novelty of the match was the return of Christian Marrugo, who returned to the fields after his injury against Llaneros on February 28. His entry occurred at the beginning of the second part.
With this result, Real Cartagena reached 19 points in the standings, occupying third place. The Cartagena team’s next game will be as a visitor against Leones FC, on Saturday, April 20 at 3:00 in the afternoon, at the Metropolitano de Itagüí stadium.
Los Heroicos will return to the Jaime Morón for the second leg of phase two of the Betplay DIMAYOR Cup against Huila, where they are down 2-0 in the series, on Wednesday, April 24 at 3:30 pm By Torneo, their next game At home it will be on Sunday, April 28 against Real Santander, at 3:30 pm