With the A of America: this is how the list of ranked teams for the home semifinals of the BetPlay Dimayor Series II-2024 was opened. The scarlet team, led by Uruguayan Jorge ‘Polilla’ Da Silva, reached 32 points and secured their place in the next stage, where only 8 teams will compete for the title at the end of the year.
The Red Devils defeated Independiente Medellín 1-0, in a match on the 14th, and started the party at the Pascual Guerrero stadium.
It didn’t matter that there were many and notable variations on the roster, because the cast of ‘Polilla’ plays the same thing even if they have different actors. And against DIM it was no exception: the alternative team was better and they won 1-0 at the end of the game.
Medellín is the one who should be worried, as it complicated their chances of getting into the top eight. In addition, those led by Alejandro Restrepo did not take advantage of the lack of several América stars, and found themselves inferior.
However, it seemed that the game was destined to end in a draw, but in the 88th minute the goal came for the scarlet team, the work of Jeisson Palacios. The play was born in a bad start by the powerful in their area, América recovered and Éver Valencia crossed for Palacios, who finished off Eder Chaux‘s goal and the rebound was left to the defender to score the 1-0, the only goal. of the game and that gave the victory to the local team.