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América de Cali got a tie with the taste of defeat this Sunday at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium, against a rival that it beat during a long stretch as Nacional and stayed in the sixth box with 24 points on date 15 of the 2020 BetPlay League.
The last time America beat Nacional in Medellín was in February 2009, 0-2, goals from Adrián Ramos and Víctor ‘el Curo’ Cortés. This time it seemed that he would do it again, but the cracks in his defensive sector led him to lose two valuable points in overtime that would have allowed him to be more calm at this point in the championship.
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Next Sunday (6:05 pm) America will receive Pasto, one of the best outfits of the season, but will have to be corrected. These were the good and bad aspects against Nacional in Medellín.
Good work on containment: The scarlet core zone, made up of Luis Paz, Felipe Jaramillo and Rafael Carrascal, was very concentrated to take the spotlight from Yerson Candelo and Andrés Andrade.
Joel Graterol avoided more goals: On several occasions, especially at 15, 20 and 26 minutes of the complement, the Venezuelan goalkeeper was decisive to prevent Nacional from scoring him through his sides with balls that were close to the base of the two verticals. In pursuing goals, he is not guilty because he was shot.
High pressure: That is one of the characteristics that the Colombian champion has been showing since Juan Cruz Real arrived and that has given him results, drowning his rival in his own field and not letting him think, something that Nacional fell on, who found the targets in two isolated plays.
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The defense behaved well in the beginning of the game, but then it failed: Vladimir Hernández and Jefferson Duque were shadows in Nacional’s attack for a large percentage of the game, because they could not connect with Andrés ‘el Rifle’ Andrade. Later, the failures of the red rear caused the red shelf to fall.
Vergara uneven better on the left: Santiago Moreno brought up two verdolagas defenses, the ball was left to Brayan Córdoba who left it in Duván Vergara and the Monterrey winger took from outside the area and in front of the goal a right hit to the left post to beat Aldair Quintana, at minute 41 of the first part.
He took advantage of the line of three in the defense of Nacional with the transitions: Santiago Moreno and Vergara were superior to the purslane rear, thanks to their mobility and speed, while the Peruvian debutant Marco Aldair Rodríguez tried to respond as a pivot and in the task of opening spaces. The transitions were good, but he lacked being more accurate.
Control was lost in the middle of the court: The yellow card that Felipe Jaramillo received in the 22nd minute of the first half forced Juan Cruz Real to decide at the beginning of the second period the entry of Edwin Velasco to, on the fly, practically locate a line of 5 behind, which finally ended up entangling to the campus and giving way to the Paisa cast to achieve equality.
The advantage goal came at a key moment: Vergara went to pressure Brayan Rovira, the ball was left to Jhon Arias, who put the center back and the newly entered Carlos Sierra hit him with his left foot at 28 minutes of the second half for the 0-2, at a time when He ended up confusing Nacional. However, in general terms, it lacked forcefulness to have turned into other opportunities that were generated in the purslane area.
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Defensive errors in Nacional’s goals: Deinner Quiñonez invented a good individual action in the area and with the permissiveness of the defense he centered so that Andrade pointed the ball at 35 minutes and achieved the 1-2 partial. Mal Velasco and the two centrals.
Then, at 49 of the National complement he sent a ball from his defensive sector, Duque combed it and again between Marlon Torres and Edwin Velasco they let Brayan Rovira finish off, with which the Antioquia team saved a point in the last play of the game.
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
On twitter: @marquitosgarces
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