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Deportivo Cali has the initial quota of its classification to the round of 16 of the South American Cup 2020, but it knows that it cannot be trusted this Wednesday (7:30 pm) against Millonarios and will have to appeal to the good game it has offered for a good part of the contest and the local League.
The tight 1-2 victory in El Campín in the first leg is just the starting point to revalidate the ticket for the next instance and there are 90 minutes left at the Palmaseca stadium, where it waits for a rival with the intention of offering tough resistance to also reach the goal, thanks to his recovery in the game against Nacional last Saturday.
It is evident that Millonarios has improved in their performance and it is clear that there is no alternative but to win to continue in the competition, which demands special care from the green and white cast over the men who unbalance in Alberto Gamero’s scheme, such as David Mackalister Silva, Juan Camilo Salazar, Cristian Arango, Ayron del Valle and Emerson Rodríguez.
In Bogotá the two annotations came through two headers, by Andrés Colorado and Hernán Menosse, a formula that he will try again before the Albiazul fragility in the aerial balls.
Alfredo Arias will return to his usual starting formation, after the defeat at the weekend with an alternative team against Tolima in the league. That squad expresses the Uruguayan idea very well, with players who have become immovable, such as David González, Juan Camilo Angulo, Hernán Lessse, Andrés Colorado, Agustín Palavecino and recently Ángelo Rodríguez with his recovery in scoring matters.
Palavecino is not only the clearest man in the generation of the game, but the main benchmark for the Verdiblanco goal by adding 9 goals in the League, so his presence instills tranquility in the group.
For his part, Ángelo Rodríguez is happy with the evolution he has had, but above all, the patience that the coach and his teammates had for him: “It was just that, the confidence that the coaching staff and my teammates gave me to be at the level of Today, we are going to step, nothing has been achieved yet personally, scoring goals will always fill you with confidence ”.
Regarding the triumph achieved in Bogotá, he assured that “it is not enough, here we all know that we have an advantage, but we have in mind that we must go out to win, the team is mentalized that we are not going to expect anything, we will go out to press up as we always do in the League and in the Cup, and to score the goal as soon as possible ”.
Regarding what they expect from the contest, he stated: “We are going to face this game as if it were the final, we are going to propose the usual, we are used to playing well, obviously you always feel confident to score, as a striker lives from the goal and when you do, you feel airy and hopefully this game is not the exception and that the team plays well ”.
Who is an obligatory absence when he has to meet his third sanction date is the Cartagena winger Jhon Vásquez.
The team that advances in this bracket will be measured in the round of 16 to the winner of the series between Vélez Sarsfield and Peñarol, whose first game ended 0-0 in Buenos Aires.
Probable alignment
Deportivo Cali: David González; Juan Camilo Angulo, Hernán Lessse, Eduard Caicedo, Darwin Andrade; Andrés Colorado, Jhojan Valencia, Andrés Arroyo; Agustín Palavecino, Déiber Caicedo; and Ángelo Rodríguez.
DT: Alfredo Arias.
Stadium: Palmaseca.
Time: 7:30 pm
TV: Directv 610.
Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio (Brazil).
Marco Antonio Garcés
Futbolred correspondent
Cali
On Twitter: @marquitosgarces
