In the Pascual Guerrero, America of Cali made a huge jump in the table by getting a long-suffering 1-0 win against Deportivo Cali, who endured as best he could from 29 minutes, after the expulsion of Kevin Salazar.
The game began with the proposal of the local team, which had control of the ball in the first minutes with some approaches, while the visit tried to advance on the sides. The first clear option was with a header from Gianfranco Peña, which was easily controlled by goalkeeper Humberto Acevedo.
At minute 9, the Verdiblancos lost a ball on the way out, the Reds quickly rearmed, Adrian Ramos defined for 1-0, but then the referee Edilson Ariza was called by Nicolas Rodríguez’s VAR, annulling it for Carlos Sierra’s offside.
About 20 minutes in, Deiner Quiñones joined Brayan Vera on the left side, the winger moved forward, finished off a cross and hit the outer net of the goal. Seven minutes later, Kevin Salazar disputed a split ball with Juan Camilo Portilla, the referee initially gave the Cali player a yellow card for hitting Portilla’s ankle, but after being called by the VAR, he changed his decision to a red card.
At 36 minutes, the Caleños reached Joel Graterol’s goal for the first time with a free kick taken by Kevin Velasco, but the barrier deflected it to the corner kick. Later the Americans responded with a shot from Quiñones, which went wide
At minute 70, Cali returned to reach Graterol’s goal after a center by Velasco that Angelo controlled in the area, eluded several defenders, finished off and boxed the goalkeeper well. A minute later, Juan David Pérez advanced down the left flank, sought the center into the area, found space, performed the action and headed Alexander Quintana He scored the only goal of the match.
América is still undefeated in the League, with one match pending, and Cali cannot find the formula to get out of the crisis or out of the bottom of the tournament.
Juan Andres Arias Arias
Football Correspondent
Cali
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