Águilas Doradas and Deportivo Cali faced each other on matchday 14 of the BetPlay Series at the Arturo Cumplido Sierra stadium from Sincelejo. Different facts for the two teams with a local team that was hoping for a win to get closer to the top eight in the championship and a visitor with a sports crisis and results, far in the table and in danger of relegation.
The game was good, back and forth in the first few minutes with two teams that came out with intensity and drive to try and force conditions on the field of play. Although Cali came in and had some options, it was Águilas who in the end knew how to be a little better than their rival.
Juan Buch’s team, who took office for the first time after the departure of José Luis García, did not have many nominal, structural or game changes. The locals played with the base left by the departing coach and had the best sector of the pitch in their attack.
However, it was Cali, who had arrived less and did not do so clearly when they arrived, who were the ones to unbalance the score in their favor in the 30th minute of the game and in what way. Anderson Plata received the ball in the right sector of the area, ie. He stopped it, took out his hat, made a volley, hit it and beat the goalkeeper Héctor Arango with a great goal.
The VAR reviewed the goal, a situation that delayed the game for a few minutes, but in the end, the referee Héctor Rivera gave the play a goal. No player from Sergio Herrera’s Deportivo Cali has lied or misbehaved. This is how the first half ended.
Second half: Draw in Sincelejo
The game was a little less intense than at the start of the first half. But, Águilas Doradas did much more than Cali to secure the tie and they only managed to pull it off in the 54th minute. A very good collective play by the locals who put it together from the defense and ended with a shot inside the area by Jesus Rivas. Goalkeeper Guruceaga was unable to do anything.
Águilas did well to get the trophy and after the equalizer they continued to try to increase the score and finish the game with a win. After that, the game went into a scoreless half-court game for both teams..
At minute 71, Águilas had another option with a midfield shot by Rivas, the scorer of the goal, which went slightly off the right post of goalkeeper Guruceaga. The locals had to find spaces to get the winning goal, but Cali made it difficult.
With this result, Águilas is in ninth place with 18 points and could not get any closer to the group of the top eightalthough Deportivo Cali remains in 17th place with only eleven units. On the following day, Águilas will visit Deportivo Pasto and Cali will host Bucaramanga.
Changes
Yeiler Goez (45′, Mateo Puerta), David Lemos (45′, Adrian Estacio), Kelvin Osorio (57′, Javier Reina), Alexander Meijia (57′, Fabián Ángel), Jarlan Barrera (65′, Cristian Colmán), Juan Cantillo (75′, Andrey Estupiñán), Nicolas Lara (80′, Jojan Escobar), Agustín Fontana (86′, Jorge Ramos), Johan Caballero (86′, Fredy Salazar)
Goals
0-1, 29′: Anderson plate1-1, 54′: Jesus Rivas
Cards
Referee: Héctor Alexander Rivera González
VAR Referee: Heider Yesid Castro Gómez, Juan Camilo Vaca
Victor Moreno (10′, Yellow), Jose Caldera (26′, Yellow), Mateo Puerta (28′, Yellow), Adrian Estacio (37′, Yellow), Quiñones Jeisson (72′, Yellow), Julian Gomez (82′, Yellow)