Millonarios got into the top spot of the League with a hard-fought victory against Deportivo Cali, to whom the anxiety due to his bad moment in both tables, that of the BetPlay League and that of relegation, continues to play against him.
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This Friday’s 0-1 leaves Alberto Gamero’s team in third place in the standings, with 21 points, the same as Tolima and Santa Fe, with the same goal difference, but with the ambassadors with the most goals scored. .
Millonarios, playing in white in Palmaseca, set conditions from the start, attacked well, opened the field to create danger and Jhon Córdoba began to stand out.
The goal of the blue advantage was born from his feet, at 14 minutes. He won handsomely in the face of the passivity of Onel Acosta and Andrey Estupiñán and threw a cross for Leonardo Castro to finish with a header and remove the salt: it is only his second goal in the League, after the one he scored against La Equidad.
But then, Millonarios faded away and Cali, timidly, got closer until, finally, he decided to attack and played a role for goalkeeper Álvaro Montero, who had two key saves. Millos was very vulnerable on the wings and had a hard time playing out.
Everything good that Cali was showing at the end of the first half faded as the minutes passed and the changes did not work out. First, coach Sergio Herrera wanted to play with two ‘9’, with the entry of Cristian Colmán for Fabián Ángel, but then he took out the other forward, Fredy Montero, to put in one winger, Juan Camilo Cantillo. He also bet on Ánderson Plata. Everything, without success.
In Millos, the entry of young Neiser Villarreal gave a different feel to the attack and he even had two options to score: one was saved by Guruceaga and the other went wide by centimeters.
Mosquera’s expulsion complicated the finishing of the game for Millonarios
But when Millonarios seemed to finish the game with some calm, an absurd red card came in the 81st minute: Sergio Mosquera, who was playing a great game, received two yellow cards in less than 15 seconds for protesting to judge Wílmar Roldán. What did he tell you? It is not known.
Coach Alberto Gamero had to rebuild the defense with the entry of Andrés Llinás for Córdoba. Cali ended up desperate, attacking as best he could, and they almost tied the game with a play in which the two center backs participated: Francisco Meza brought it down and José Caldera made it 1-1.
The crisis in Cali remains very complicated and relegation is looming, although, fortunately for them, there are worse ones, such as Patriotas, Jaguares and Envigado. And Millonarios, who had had problems against Bucaramanga, achieved a victory that fills them with confidence to ensure classification.
Jose Orlando Ascencio
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