Once Caldas beats Nacional and is partial leader of the League

Atlético Nacional returned to competition after the pandemic to face Once Caldas. He was the last to return to action because his matchday nine commitment against Deportes Tolima had to be rescheduled by cases of coronavirus.

Those led by Juan Carlos Osorio arrived at Palogrande in seventh place in the League with 15 points and without having lost in the last five dates. The local team, meanwhile, came to the game after their victory against Millonarios on the previous date and he hoped to get his first victory in Manizales.

Nacional made the game be played most of the time in the Caldas field, on the sides he made the Eleven show some shortcomings, he knew how to handle the rhythm of the game and the most prominent player was Vladimir Hernández who participated in the attack, but he also fell back to aid in recovery. However, in the second appearance of the locals in the National goal, they unbalanced the score.

The score of those led by Hubert Bodhert came on the still ball. Sebastián Hernández was in charge of collecting the free kick from the left side of the area, the midfielder looked for Andrés Correa, whom he found in the area. The defender headed without problems and scored in the 34th minute of the match.

Although Nacional had the ball most of the time, Only at minute 43 did he have a clear arrival in the goal of Gerardo Ortiz through González Lasso that, head first, was about to tie the game. With the advantage for the locals, the first half ended.

Second half and Once Caldas sentences the game

The second part started with part and part options. Pablo Rojas finished from medium distance when not a minute had passed, but his launch passed very close to Cuadrado’s goal, and minutes later it was Fabián González who wasted an incredible opportunity after a great pass from Valdimir.

With Hernández’s control and management, the visitors began to unsettle Ortiz’s arch and again González Lasso lost the option to score because Correa prevented him as a hero. A minute later Osorio took the forward for Jefferson Duque.

As in the first half, Nacional created, wasted and saw how Caldas celebrated. After a serious error by Braghieri, Marcelino Carreazo took advantage and scored the second goal for the locals. After the goal, Dayro Moreno came in for Sebastián Hernández.

Nacional left for the discount but Eleven stopped well, he was attentive to avoid it and goalkeeper Ortiz was essential to give security to his defense and control some of the opponent’s shots. At minute 84, Ménder García was sent off for a foul against Braghieri.

Once Caldas, partial leader

With this result, the Once Caldas is the partial leader of the BetPlay League with 18 points as a result of four games won and six tied, is one of the undefeated in the championship and was finally able to win at Palogrande. Atlético Nacional stayed with 15 units in seventh place in the standings. On the next day The Manizales team will face Alianza Petrolera y Nacional against Envigado.