Independiente santa Fe played its final card in the semi-finals at home against Deportivo Pasto at El campín stadium. To stay alive he had to beat his rival at home and wait for the result of the other group game. It would take a miracle for the Cardinal team to reach the BetPlay League final.
those led by Gustavo Florentín, with a great campaign in the second half, revealed all the errors of the red team and they sank much further in the group A standings.
The ball reached the head of Julián Millán, who returned from injury, but the visiting team’s goalkeeper headed straight for him trying to clear the ball.
The person in charge to collect it was Hugo Rodallega who did not fail and scored his fifth goal of the semester. Neither the starter nor his teammates celebrated the score.
It was difficult for the locals to recover, but when they did they managed to quickly reach the competitive area, but they were not clear in the last play.
outcome of yellow cards for facundo Agüero from santa Fe and Ray Vanegas from Deportivo Pasto. This is how the first half ended.
Second half: pasto Triumph
The game in the second half was led by Deportivo Pasto who were looking for a tie, the visiting team raised their block and tried, in the first minutes, to surprise each other on the wings, but Santa Fe was wary of the initial efforts of the Florentín team.
However, Peirano’s team lacked clarity in the last quarter of the field.
He did a good job of taking care of the result, but when he tried to go on the attack to try and increase the lead, he couldn’t..
The first bad news for Santa Fe was the injury to the central defender, Julián Millán, the outstanding figure of the game, who had to come off in the 82nd minute for Iván Scarpeta. A medical report from the team is expected to determine if he can be part of the team that will face Millonarios in the next classic.
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With this result, Santa Fe is last without points and is eliminated from any place in Group A, Pasto reached six points and is still very much alive.On the next daythe Bogotá team will face millonarios and Pasto will visit Atlético Nacional.
Changes
Mauricio Castaño (45′, Ray Vanegas), Juan Castilla (45′, Cristian Arrieta), Andres Amaya (62′, Diego Chávez), Santiago Trellez (62′, Juan Franco), Jojan Torres (62′, Juan Zuluaga), Jordy Monroe (68′, Elvis Perlaza), Ivan Scarpetta (82′, Julian Millán), John Melendez (82′, Edward López)
1-0, 12′: rodallega1-1, 90′: Daniel Moreno1-2, 93′: Daniel Moreno
Cards
Referee: Luis Alfredo Delgado Hurtado
VAR Referee: Yadir Fernando Acuña, Diego Alejandro Ruíz Casas
Cristian Arrieta (29′, Yellow), Elvis Perlaza (29′, Yellow), Facundo Aguero (40′, Yellow), Ray Vanegas (40′, Yellow), Diego chavez (49′, Yellow), Mauricio Castano (50′, Yellow), Daniel Torres (57′, Yellow), Florentine (69′, Yellow),Omar Albornoz (70′, Yellow), John Melendez (92′, Yellow)