It was a lively day in Colombian soccer with the last date of the home semi-finals.In the first round, the final of group B was defined, which consisted of Tolima, Once Caldas, Junior and América.
At the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium, the ‘pijao’ team needed a win, but also for Junior, in his match against América, without adding three points.
Meanwhile, the white team was aiming to win to take first place, but history changed.
Tolima won and qualified
During the first minutes of the match, it was the local team that suggested and generated the first hazardous actions, without hitting the competitive goal.
But it was in the 32nd minute that Brayan Gil Hurtado took advantage of a series of rebounds inside the area,which ended with a low pass,so that the striker only had to push the ball into the goal.
With this victory, the ‘red wine and the gold’ consolidated its position in the first place of the quadrangle against the scarlet victory.
For the second half, despite the efforts from the Manizales box, they were not able to generate strong actions.
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Taken from @cdtolima
With a highlight, those led by Hernán Darío Herrera tried to equalize the score, but Tolima’s defense was able to settle in their favor, which sentenced the final to 1-0.
With this result, Deportes Tolima qualified for the final of the BetPlay League 2024-II and is waiting to know the results of quadrangular A.