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With Atlético Nacional as the first classified to the next phase of the BetPlay League, at the El Campín Stadium, Millonarios received Deportes Tolima in one of the key duels to define the eight classified to the quarterfinals.
However, the pale match played in Bogotá, left a 0-0 as a result, which served the posh team that added a point as a visitor (29 points). Millionaires, meanwhile, reached 27 units and was left with the sixth box of the table.
In the first half past the physical and strategic, the scoring options were scarce and both teams went to the dressing room with their goals at zero.
With the novelty of the inclusion of Christian Vargas in the eleventh headline, the ambassador went out in search of the three points, but he found a posh cast very organized in defense, which, with a line of five commanded by Julián Quiñones, made him hard things to the blues for the first 45 minutes
Millonarios opted for set pieces to attack the gate guarded by Álvaro Montero. In the 7th minute, a corner kick by Daniel Ruiz left Diego Abadía very close to opening the scoring in Bogotá, the young forward seized a ball divided in the area and, after turning on its axis, finished with a left foot, but the ball ended up going to the side of the goal.
Hernán Torres’ team, with Jaminton Campaz in charge of the creation, opted for a good balance in the middle of the field and for counter-attack actions to reach the area of the Albiazul club. Millonarios, with Cristian Arango coming out of his midfielder position to look for the ball meters behind, began to dominate possession of the ball without much depth.
On the 38th of the first half, the Ibagué team tried from medium distance and with a shot from Andrey Estupiñán alerted the team in the country’s capital. Two minutes later, Millonarios responded and with a quiet ball play returned to approach Montero’s goal. Ruiz took a foul from the left sector, which Abadía attacked from the far post, but his shot did not take the expected direction and ended up passing away from the visiting goal.
In the second half, Alberto Gamero, with the need to win so as not to jeopardize the classification, put all the meat on the grill and gave way to two leaders and references of the team: David Mackalister Silva and Fernando Uribe (they replaced Juan Camilo García and Diego Abadía).
With Silva and Uribe on the court, Millonarios had greater volume in attack and with some medium-distance shots -as Gamero requested- he began to approach the red-red goal.
Tolima, with Ómar Albornoz on the pitch-minute 73-, and without leaving many spaces between the lines, bet on quick transitions with the steering wheels on the sides. However, the arrivals were not clear and Christian Vargas did not have much work.
In the 82nd minute, Millonarios again generated danger and with a shot from medium distance set off Tolima’s alarms. Mackalister Silva tried a strong shot, but it was not enough to remove zero from the board. Montero stopped him without problem.
With the tie, Millonarios reached 27 units and was in the sixth box of the general, while Deportes Tolima reached 29 points and was very close to the classification.
