The accounts to enter the eight: the classification zone was tightened even more

Once Caldas It was the only team that took advantage of the weekday, in the 2022-II League. Those led by Diego Corredor got into the top eight of the championships, three dates before finishing the all-against-all phase.

The whites won 1-0 National Athletic and they stuck to an ever-growing pack: six teams, from second to seventh, are tied on 28 points, while three others are chasing them from behind, three apart.

And we must not rule out the group of those who come with 24 points, one of the eighth, led by America, nor to Bucaramanga, which has a pending match.

This is the ‘magic number’ behind most of the date 17

In a tournament disrupted by the date-changed matches, the calculation of the eighth qualifying score remains the same: today, the one that occupies that position in the League, Deportivo Pereira, has a 52 percent return, with the exception that He has postponed a game against Millonarios, another one that unbalances the accounts by having two pending games.

That 52 percent, projected over 20 dates, gives a ‘magic number’ of 31 points to ensure classification, although it is very likely that a good goal difference will also be needed.

On the other hand, the other two teams that reached 25 units (Junior and Unión Magdalena) are with 49 percent performance, which reduces the margin of error to enter.

If the ‘magic number’ is maintained, Pasto is the closest to qualifying: he has 30 points and would be one point away from qualifying. In addition, their next match will be at home, against Águilas Doradas.

The local condition, however, does not guarantee anything. On this date 17, only three locals won: Santa Fe (which anticipated its match and won the classic against Millonarios), Once Caldas and the already eliminated Deportes Tolima. The percentage of local wins so far in the League is 44.6 percent.

It could also lower the bar the fact that there are several direct duels between the applicants for classification. Millionaires, for example, who is in the lot with 28 points but with a better performance percentage (62 percent, which is explained by the fact that he has two fewer games). The blues will receive Medellín in Bogotá, who is also 28, and Pereira, who is in the group of 25.

The accounts continue to mark 31 points as the goal to qualify. But so much crossing and so much postponement makes it more difficult to do the calculations. On Sunday it will be shuffled again.

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