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Atlético Nacional visited Águilas Doradas at the Alberto Grisales stadium to play the match in which they were fighting for the quarterfinals of the BetPlay Cup. The Medellín team began winning, but the first half ended with a tie for the locals.
Fabián González Lasso opened the scoring at minute 16 of the engagement. The forward received an accurate cross from Arango who saw him in the center of the area, he beat the defenders who were trying to mark him and with a header he beat the goalkeeper Bejarano.
After the annotation, the locals woke up and improved with a connection between Aldo, Obrian and Marrugo, The latter was the one who provided a great assist for Águilas to get the tie after a crossed shot by Mateo Puerta that he was thrown more on the attack, which the local team took advantage of to arrive with more men.
Before the end of the first half Estefano Arango suffered an injury due to the state of the court and had to be replaced by Vladmir Hernández, goalkeeper Aldair Quintana also showed signs of pain, but was able to continue for the second half.
Second half: penalties and National classifies
In the second part, the meeting was as even as in the first. They were 45 minutes of round trip, although with the possession of the ball tilted a little more towards Nacional, however, the green team did not take advantage of it to score the second.
At minute 69, the referee whistled a maximum penalty for an alleged foul by Hernández against Obrian in the area. Jader himself was in charge of collecting it and beat Quintana to put his team ahead.
Then, Nacional got the tie That came after a team play that ended Jarlan Barrera beating Bejarano. From the equality of the visitors until the end of the game, Nacional sought victory, especially in the last minutes, but did not get it and the match went to the definition in shots from the point of maximum penalty.
On penalties Jader Obrian and Marrugo saw their shots being saved by Quintana, while Valencia saved Vladimir Hernández’s shot and the Andrade Rifle wasted. The first phase of five pitches ended tied.
In the end, the victory was for the visitors, as Quintana, the figure of Nacional, stopped the launch of Jacobo Escobar. Now, they will wait for the key between Cúcuta and Tolima that will play this Thursday at 3:00 pm
