Independiente Medellín and Santa Fe faced each other at the closing of date 5 of the BetPlay 2024 League, in a match in which both teams needed to add three points to leave them with the possibility of continuing to climb positions.
Even though they both tried, in the end, the match was tied at one goal at the Atanasio Girardot stadium, a result that ended up being more useful to those led by Pablo Peirano.
Santa Fe was the team that started the game better and constantly searched for Medellín’s goal, managing to have shots with Hugo Rodallega, who was the one who caused concern in those first minutes.
Likewise, Jersson González also had a clear opportunity and ended up putting the ball into the net, but the judge called the player out of position.
Medellín began to improve its game and also had its chances outside the area, after attempts by Yairo Moreno, Jaime Peralta and Jaime Alvarado, who were the ones who found the best chances.
Despite this, the first half was tied without goals, leaving expectations for the second half, in which there were indeed more dangerous actions that ended in a goal.
The Bogotá team started the second half better and tried to get closer with danger, but they did not have a very clear chance to go ahead on the scoreboard and it seemed that the cardinals were going to open the scoring.
However, Santa Fe made a serious mistake at the start and in the 62nd minute Yairo Moreno took advantage of an assist from Jimer Fory, who left the offensive player with the chance to finish over goalkeeper Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo, who could do nothing to prevent the goal. .
That goal was a big surprise for the people of Bogotá, who took advantage of the fact that the local team went behind to defend their result, but they risked ending up tying.
In fact, in the 77th minute the goal came through a play in the center of the area, after Julián Millán headed in to score the 1-1 score, which ended up being a boost for Santa Fe.
After the tie, Medellín also generated errors and almost cost them the second goal shortly after the end after losing possession in the middle of the field, but Hugo Rodallega lost the possibility of shouting his goal after José Aja took away that clear option .
In the end, the tie ended up being good business for both teams, although Santa Fe tried until the end to score the victory, but the local team defended and the game ended tied 1-1, a result that leaves the powerful and cardinals with seven points .