América de Cali and Millonarios played their match postponed on date 5 of the BetPlay Series 2024-II and in a moderate game of events, the scarlet team won up 2-1 at the Pascual Guerrero stadium, a result that makes them leaders and close for. the classification.
Although it seemed strange to many that both clubs played with atypical uniforms (America in black and Millonarios in white), that did not stop them from going out and putting on a good show.
The scarlets were the ones who started to set the pace of the game at Pascual with a dangerous arrival from Duván Vergara, Andrés Mosquera, Edwin Velasco and even Harold Rivera, who tried to open the scoring with shots.
Millonarios kept the tie for much of the first half and resisted the attacks, but it was Daniel Mantilla who worried the scarlet goal a little more, albeit with little success.
The América goal was hot, however, and on 38 minutes there was a much-discussed penalty, but in the end Duván Vergara managed to turn it into a goal by scoring well to the left of Diego Novoa.
With that minimal advantage the scarlet went ahead on the scoreboard and were the winners at half-time, although in the second half they promised more action in both goals.
Millonarios went in with another chip and managed to tie the game in the 57th minute through their scorer, Leonardo Castro, who finished well against Jorge Soto, who could do nothing to prevent his goal from falling.
The 1-1 made Millonarios a little more into the game, but América did not give up and always looked to go on the attack, so that the visiting team is forced to defend themselves, so on for a long time they gave up attacking.
América took advantage of that and in the 78th minute the locals went ahead on the scoreboard again after the play of Franco Leys, who took advantage of an assist from Rodrigo Holgado to define the blank against Novoa. Argentina’s tie so they made it 2-1 between them.
Millonarios felt the need to leave their field to find equality again, but despite trying, América knew how to position themselves defensively and committed themselves in those last minutes of the game to handle the ball.
The result remained in favor of América and in the end the 2-1 was the decisive score that makes the classification almost ready to add 29 points, while Millonarios left doubts again and was left with 21 points.