National Athletics won 2-1 against Envigado this Sunday the 14th Liga Betplay 2024-II in front of Atanasio Girardot alone which is still approved. Alfredo Morelos scored the local goals and the discount was from Simón García, against.
In the first half, Nacional took the lead on the scoreboard before 15 minutes of the game. The play started with a cross to Alfredo Morelos from the left side and the forward sent the ball to the post, then on the rebound, Andrés Sarmiento took a hard shot that was saved by Rubén Escobar, but the ball left live and then Morelos put it. to the back of the grid.
After several chances for Nacional, Envigado surprised the visitors in the 43rd minute and tied the game. Dorlan Pabón sent a corner kick into the area and then, instead of denying the ball, Simón García put it into his own goal.
Before the end of the half, Nacional almost took the lead when Morelos headed in a free kick from the right, but Escobar made a brilliant save to send the ball into the corner.
Already in the second half, Nacional wasted no time and in the 52nd minute they made it 2-1 again with Morelos who controlled a brilliant pass from Sebastián Guzmán and hit a left shot at the near post to beat Escobar.
Around the 60th minute, the game’s first controversy arose. And Envigado had a goal disallowed for being offside. The play was reviewed by the VAR and you can see how the outside is in the millimeter play. Four minutes later there was another controversy this time for the Nacional side. Morelos scored, but the referee called Sarmiento offside, which started the offside play and affected the game.
Towards 88, Atlético Nacional could not increase the advantage with Dairon Asprilla who, after being beaten inside the area, headed the penalty saved by Escobar after a charge announced by the purslane winger.
With this result, Nacional reached 26 points and was very close to qualifying for a home run. The Antiqueños’ next match will be against Fortaleza.