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Alfredo Arias had slipped into the press conference prior to the game with Tolima that he was going to look at the possibility of rotating his starting formation, but before the game he surprised with an eleventh in which only Jhon Vásquez is usually a starter.
The reasons, a group that is tired, the second leg of the South American Cup next Wednesday (7:30 pm) and that with 30 points, Cali practically already has a place in the quarterfinals of the League. That is why he came out with seven homegrown players and the rest players who are substitutes. Although he started winning and endured him during the first half, in the end Tolima won 1-2 by taking advantage of his best rhythm and ended with an unbeaten 19-game green-and-white.
After the 1-2 achieved in Bogotá over Millonarios and the return in Palmaseca, it will be confirmed if it was worth giving rest to so many starters, stating that Hernán Menosse and Agustín Palavecino were forced out due to accumulation of yellow cards.
Here are the reasons for the ‘sugar’ defeat:
A formation that had not played together before: Ten new names were a lot for a team looking for at least 3 points to secure among the eight. The beginning was auspicious, with an advantage goal by Jesús Arrieta, but then continuity and the specific weight of the Tolima cast prevailed.
Inferiority in the second half and a more experienced opponent: Hernán Torres knew that with the chips he had left in the bank he could take advantage of his rival’s naivety and with the variations made he changed the face of his team and turned the scoreboard.
Ánderson Plata, Luis Miranda and Daniel Cataño entered with another panorama and oxygenated the ‘pijao’ attack against a light team.
However, in view of the process that Alfredo Arias has continued, it is plausible that Cali ended up on the field with eleven homegrown players, after the entry in the second half of José Mulato, Andrés Arroyo, Brayan Montaño, Carlos Lucumí, and Yimmy Congo.
Forwards regularly do not know how to score: It is not a secret that most attackers when they go to the defensive sector do not have the distance or expertise of someone who normally fulfills that function, so Jesús Arrieta paid dearly for his grip on Sergio in the area Mosquera, since that action allowed Danovis Mosquera to equalize the game.
The experienced ones were diluted between the Tolima brand: Harold Gómez, Carlos Lizarazo, Jhon Vásquez and Jesús Arrieta did not make a difference in the midst of the reigning youth, despite the beautiful goal of the Vallenato attacker that meant the opening of the scoreboard. In the second half, the conditions were set by Tolima and effectively maintained its solid leadership in the League.
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
On twitter: @marquitosgarces
