In a match that seemed like a rout against Real Santander, penultimate in the table, Cúcuta Deportivo ended up winning it just 2-1 at General Santander on the ninth date of the I-2024 B Tournament.
Johan Montes (3’pt) and Julián Angulo (36’pt) the Motilones added three more points in the championship, reaching 20 units. The scoring of the discount for the Santander team was made by Jhon Flor (47′).
The visitors played with a man minus the entire second half after the expulsion of Faver Aragón at the end of the first half.
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early goal
Cúcuta Deportivo got up early to set conditions for the match against Real Santander and just two minutes after the initial whistle they warned the people of Santander that their objective was to avoid headaches and wanted to finish the match quickly.
Thus, three minutes into a collective play, the ball was left to Johan Montes to put the border eleven to victory.
When the first goal arrived, the red and black began to generate several plays to score, two of which were wasted by Mauricio Duarte and three by the scorer Jonathan Agudelo. The last one in a one-on-one with the goalkeeper Juan David Lázaro that he did not know how to define.
Opening the game on the sides, with the projection of the full-backs Cristian Zapata on the right and Mauricio Duarte on the left sector, they gained risky options.
The Argentine midfielder Cristian ‘Jopito’ Álvarez was the important man with his long game and filtered passes that caused damage to the Real Santander defense, but with a mitigating factor and that is that Cúcuta’s attackers had a hard time defining in the last quarter of the field.
After half an hour of play, the game was supposed to be three or four to zero, but the Barrionuevo team played very relaxed and the rival made little effort to demand it. He approached the Cúcuta properties without contingency.
However, in such insistence to get more scores, in the 36th minute ‘Jopito’ Álvarez once again rubbed the lamp and He gave a pass-goal to Julián Angulo who, entering the area with a kick, scored 2-0 for the red-and-black tribe that has played at half speed.
On the 45th the Real Santander albicelestes lost Faver Aragón due to expulsion.
The first 45 minutes ended up being a monologue.
What Real Santander has shown on the field leaves a lot to be desired and it is understandable why they are in the last places in the championship.
A team without clear ideas of the game, little productive and without a football proposal that could be seen to worry Eduar Esteban’s goal in the first half.
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Fright and nothing more
In the second period in the restart of the match he entered with another disposition and attitude of selling dearly the defeat at 47 in a huge error by Cúcuta Jhon Flor who had just entered the field again scored for the albicelestes and made it 2-1 partial .
The motilón eleven was very relaxed and minutes later reacted and went in search of the third, more with desire than orderly and clear football.
At 60 minutes Jonathan Agudelo came close to increasing the score with a header, but goalkeeper Lázaro managed to stop the ball on the line when the few 1,500 fans were ready to sing the third goal on a gray afternoon.
Despite the visitor’s goal, the game lost pace, Cúcuta forgot about the game on the sides and Real Santander piled up behind, taking care not to concede more goals.
In the 62nd minute, coach Barrionuevo gave way to Lucas Ríos for Julián Angulo, seeking to oxygenate the midfield and recover the ball that he lost, but Real Santander did not make good use of it either.
The game was completely diluted, the Cúcuta coach made two more changes in the last ten minutes to give air to the attack, but Real Santander messed up the game with the rojinegros who finally settled for the result, although the important thing was to score at home.
In added time the visitor almost got the tie, a very weak second half for Cúcuta.
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