América de Cali, currently the best team in Liga BetPlay 2024-II, tied 2-2 in a great game postponed from the 8th to La Equidad in a packed El Campín stadium full of scarlet fans.
The Scarlets started with some scares from the insurers, who managed to get a good option after six minutes with a midfield shot from Elan Ricardo, but the ball went over the crossbar.
Seeing the initiative of Equidad, América was not far behind and began to create a constant danger to come in which even the goalkeeper Washington Ortega had to serve.
In light of América’s increasing intensity, the goalkeeping prize came before the break, with Alexis Zapata connecting with a good header from Jader Quiñones’ cross and beating Ortega.
After the minimal difference achieved at half time, Equidad was expected more in the second half as they must contribute to continue the fight for a place among those ranked.
Although the insurers and Alexis García intended to make some changes to improve performance, the plan began to come to fruition after América’s second goal.
Duván Vergara, the star of América, managed to take advantage of an assist from Yerson Candelo and the captain defined what he does best to make it 2-0 and confirm the victory.
However, La Equidad did not want to give up and in the 54th minute they achieved the discount with the scorer Ayron Del Valle, who managed to make it 1-2 with a header that gave them the opportunity to dream of equality.
Beyond the small difference, America was able to hold on to the result and took a large part of the complement to keep the result, although they were trying to get another one through counter-attacks.
La Equidad kept trying, but they just couldn’t seem to find enough ways to salvage a home draw and ended up losing.
Of course, because of so many positions, in the 90+5 minutes La Equidad still took advantage of the ball, converting a corner kick after a header from Jaison Mina, who celebrated with everything until a strong cross was sent to the bench centres. which led to his expulsion.
In the end, the final result was 2-2 and left Equidad still in the fight to qualify for home run adding 18 points, although América is the leader with 33 points.