América couldn’t win and Jaguares didn’t want to, until a last-minute penalty allowed the team led by Jorge ‘Polilla’ da Silva to break the deadlock of a rival who bet on a draw and drowned on the shore.
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This Saturday’s 1-0 win leaves América in sixth place in the League, with 13 points and three games pending. One of them will be played on Wednesday, corresponding to the third round, when it hosts Deportes Tolima.
The result is also a breath of fresh air for Deportivo Cali in the relegation table, as Montería’s team is sinking further into the B division and was unable to take advantage of Envigado’s defeat against Patriotas in the first match this Saturday.
The Reds, who had not played for 20 days, made their home debut at the Bello Horizonte Rey Pelé stadium in Villavicencio. Their home ground, the Pascual Guerrero, is busy with the U-20 Women’s World Cup.
It was not a good first half for América, who had a hard time getting to the Jaguares’ area. And when they had the clearest chance of the first half, they squandered it. It came through a penalty, for a stamp by Santiago Guzmán on Rodrigo Holgado, at minute 26. The central referee, Jonathan Ortiz, did not see it, but the VAR, in charge of Andrés Rojas, did.
Holgado himself took charge of the shot and goalkeeper Geovanni Banguera stepped forward to stop it, but this time the VAR did not save the team and did not warn them that the shot should be retaken.
The missed penalty seemed to wake up América, who from that moment on went after Jaguares and made Banguera a star. And then, in the second half, the lack of aim cost Da Silva’s team dearly.
However, in the third minute of injury time, defender Oscar Vanegas made a slide to cut off an advance by América and ended up touching the ball with his hand. Clear penalty.
With Holgado gone, having left the field injured in the first half, Duván Vergara took the penalty, not missing out and giving América the victory, which has gone four games without losing, with three wins and one draw.
Jaguares left Villavicencio with just one shot on goal, sinking to last place in the table and with their ninth game without scoring. It’s been 879 minutes without celebrating.
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