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Matchday 18 of the League began on Thursday with the duel between Independiente Santa Fe and Medellín, in which the capitalists beat ‘Poderoso’ 3-0 and provisionally snatched the lead from Deportes Tolima, who will host Boyacá on Saturday in Ibagué Boy who is last.
Results
Santa Fe 3, Medellin 0
1-0 Patricio Cucchi (4th ST)
2-0 Fabián Sambueza (8 ST)
3-0 Patricio Cucchi (40 ST)
Envigado 1, Equidad 1
0-1 Walmer Pacheco (25 PT)
1-1 Edison López (3rd ST)
Águilas Doradas 2, Cúcuta 0
1-0 Jáder Obrian (23 ST, penalty)
2-0 Christian Marrugo (40 ST).
Previous information
Once Caldas is risking his life in the league this Sunday when he receives Deportivo Cali on the eighteenth day of the Colombian tournament, to which he arrives impaired because he reported 11 positive cases, of which eight are footballers and three members of the coaching staff.
(Also read: Santa Fe now beat DIM and is a pointer: see the goals)
Another of the most striking duels is the one between América de Cali and Millonarios on Saturday, who need a win to keep their hopes of qualifying alive.
The capital, eliminated this week by Cali in South America, have to win their remaining three games and will face a rival that has been growing under the leadership of Adrián Ramos, the scorer who played in Borussia Dortmund and Granada.
Atlético Nacional will host Deportivo Pasto in a duel in which Alejandro Restrepo will make his debut as interim coach of the club after the departure of Juan Carlos Osorio and Pompilio Páez, who led the team this week in the match in which they fell 3-1 with River Plate of Uruguay and was eliminated from the South American Cup.
(Also read: Junior did not win, but it was enough to advance in the South American)
The eighteenth day of the Colombian tournament will continue like this:
Saturday
Patriotas Boyacá-Deportivo Pereira
Atlético Bucaramanga-Jaguares de Córdoba
Sports Tolima-Boyacá Chicó
America de Cali-Millionaires.
Sunday
Once Caldas-Deportivo Cali
Junior-Petroleum Alliance
Atlético Nacional-Deportivo Pasto.
Positions
Pts of the team PJ PG PE PP GF GC Dif.
1 Santa Fe 34 18 9 7 2 31 16 15
2 Tolima 34 17 9 7 1 26 12 14
3 America 30 17 8 6 3 27 18 9
4 Cali 30 17 7 9 1 27 18 9
5 Food 30 17 8 6 3 24 16 8
6 Junior 26 17 6 8 3 20 14 6
7 Equity 26 18 7 5 6 27 22 5
8 National 26 17 7 5 5 32 29 3
9 O. Caldas 25 17 5 10 2 18 15 3
10 Eagles 25 18 6 7 5 21 19 2
11 Miles 21 17 4 9 4 19 20 -1
12 B / sleeve 20 17 5 5 7 13 21 -8
13 Envigado 19 17 4 7 6 19 20 -1
14 Alliance 19 17 5 4 8 18 24 -6
15 Pereira 17 17 4 5 8 16 20 -4
16 Medellin 17 18 4 5 9 20 26 -6
17 Jaguars 15 17 3 6 8 17 24 -7
18 Boy 15 17 4 3 10 12 26 -14
19 Cúcuta 14 18 3 5 10 18 32 -14
20 Patriots 11 17 1 8 8 7 20 -13
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