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At Hernán Ramírez Villegas, the duel between Deportivo Pereira and Independiente Santa Fe was played on date 9 of the BetPlay League, which left Santa Fe as the winning team, after defeating the Aurirojo club by 1-2, in the game that it meant the return of both teams to competition.
The team from Matecaña began the first minutes of the match better, with the ball dominated, the team of Néstor Craviotto created the first goal options of the match, but he met Leandro Castellanos, who, as usual, responded and avoided the goal in the capital arch.
However, the visiting team was the first to score, and they did so through their specialty: the passing game. In the 15th minute, Fainer Torijano headed the cardinals’ first goal after a corner kick taken by Luis Manuel Seijas. The center-back, with controversy included by a previous obstruction by Andrés Pérez of a Pereira player, entered alone and greatly impacted the ball to send it to the back of the net.
Deportivo Pereira remained faithful to his game and the reaction did not take long to arrive. After five minutes, the veteran forward, Diego Álvarez, received a cross from the left zone and after leaving the mark of Dairon Mosquera, controlled the ball in the area to define crossed and with power, leaving the visiting goalkeeper without reaction.
With the match tied, and with Santa Fe with the greatest possession of the ball, the match entered a round trip where mid-distance shots predominated, John Velásquez and Carlos Arboleda tried on the side of Santa Fe, while Wilfrido de la Rosa did it for the locals. Deportivo Pereira was more offensive.
In the second half, Pereira continued to demonstrate his offensive superiority, and with De la Rosa as the most incisive player, in the first minutes he generated danger in the rival goal, leaving, once again, Castellanos as one of the outstanding players.
Harold Rivera realized the shortcomings and reached for the bench. With the entry of Daniel Giraldo, Fabián Sambueza, Kelvin Osorio and Jersson González, the capital club had an air and managed to get closer to the goal defended by Harlen Castillo, and it was thanks to the rapid defense-attack transitions, which in the 82nd minute they achieved the second goal.
Jersson González, in his debut match, attacked Deportivo Pereira’s area at speed, and after a good cross from Carlos Arboleda, the youth finished with a header and put the Bogota team ahead.
After 90 minutes, Santa Fe, in an intense duel and passed through several yellow cards, managed to prevail as a visitor and with the 1-2 in his favor, he took three vital points to stay in the first places of the classification. Great triumph for the lions.
