Pereira and Junior did not take advantage of each other, there was no winner, a goalless draw was the sentence of a match that left group A very open, after the draw between Bucaramanga and Millonarios.
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The game was intense, on a wet court, where it was difficult to handle the ball. Pereira set the conditions, He looked for the goal by all means and had very good opportunities to score.
In the first half the production was little, but the Mateca team set the pace of the game. He had a header from Moya that was a slight approach.
But it was Yeison Suarez the one that hit with power from medium distance and if it weren’t for the agility of goalkeeper Mele it could have been the local goal.
Junior was not clear. He tried to find Carlos Bacca, who was left very alone fighting in the rival area. The coastal team missed the agility of Enamorado, suspended. However, the team claimed a handball in the area that the central defender Wilmar Roldan It was not considered a penalty.
In the second half Pereira kept his foot on the accelerator. Ederson Moreno He fired a strong shot that hit the post. Then it was Darwin Quintero the one who had the goal at his feet. His shot went over the goal.
Pereira had already missed the clearest ones, and then he approached without the same clarity, with deflected shots. Meanwhile, Junior reacted and in the middle distance had a great opportunity with a shot from Cariaco González that was a great scare for Pereira. But there was another, when Titi Rodríguez choked the goal with a shot that goalkeeper Ichazo avoided with a great save.
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