Deportes Tolima played its first home run game at home and tied 1-1 with Once Caldas, which is undefeated, for the second day of Group B at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium. Those from Ibagué get complicated, while the visitors do not lose track of Santa Fe, which is the leader with a perfect score.
Those led by David González went out in search of the score and although in general the goal situations in the first half were few, the locals had the best approaches against the Manizales team, which was not clear and had a hard time generating offensive game circuits on the field contrary.
At minute 15 the scoring opened at the Manuel Murillo Toro. Junior Hernández recovered a ball in the opposite field, which was left to Eduardo Sosa, who sent a great filtered pass to Alex Castro, who received it in the area, hooked it, leaving his marker behind and defined with class to beat goalkeeper James Aguirre.
Once Caldas improved in the last minutes of the first half, but it was not enough to tie the match, since Deportes Tolima’s defense was very solid and in addition to preventing them from playing near the goal guarded by Neto Volpi, they managed to neutralize Dayro Dark.
Dayro and Aguirre give Once Caldas a point
For the second half things changed a little. Deportes Tolima slowed down, played with the advantage and gave prominence to Once Caldas, who tried to quickly get the tie. However, the visitors had a hard time creating danger in the final quarter of the field.
At minute 60 and after reviewing the VAR, the central judge declared a penalty in favor of those led by Hernán Darío ‘Arriero’ Herrera. Dayro Moreno asked for the ball and charged with quality and determination to the right post of Neto Volpi, who did not guess the direction and went the other way. The striker continues to extend the lead as FPC’s top scorer.
The goal was a boost for both teams, which made the game even more intense. Both teams knew the need to get the three points, especially after Santa Fe’s victory. Juan José Mera had a header that passed very close, as well as Dayro Moreno another opportunity in attack.
With seven minutes left in the match, the central judge ordered a penalty in favor of Deportes Tolima for a handball inside the area by Juan David Cuesta. Carlos Cortés Barreiro asked for the ball and charged it to the left post of James Aguirre, who guessed the direction and stopped the shot.
With this result, Deportes Tolima is third with one unit, while Once Caldas is second with four units. On the next day they will face Equidad in Techo and Santa Fe in Palogrando, respectively.
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Changes
Carlos Cortes (68′, Brayan Gil), Luis Palacios (72′, Jhon Araujo), Facundo Boné (78′, Eduardo Sosa), Alvaro Montaño (81′, Iván Rojas), Santiago Cubides (81′, Gustavo Torres), Roger Torres (90′, Billy Arce)
Goals
1-0, 14′: Alex Castro1-1, 63′: Moreno
Cards
Referee: Bismarks Elias Santiago Pitalua
VAR referee: Mauricio Perez Ríos, Never Enrique Manjarres Lara
Ivan Rojas (32′, Yellow), Brian Gil (45′, Yellow), Alex Castro (48′, Yellow), Gustavo Adolfo Torres (67′, Yellow), James Aguirre (86′, Yellow), Juan Cuesta (92′, Yellow)
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2 0 0 2 Group B PT PJ PG PE PP
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