With the blackout included, Deportivo Cali fell home against Equidad in the semifinal of the BetPlay League

The final stretch of Colombian professional football to meet the champion of the 2020 edition of the BetPlay League Dimayor advanced on Saturday, November 28, at the end of an atypical Colombian soccer championship crossed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deportivo Cali received La Equidad at the Palmaseca Stadium in Palmira with a partial result of 1-1 on the scoreboard that left the first leg key. As in the game in Bogotá, the match will have video referee assistance (VAR) technology.

Cali defined as local after the 1-1 draw in Bogotá

After the score 1-1 on aggregate in the duel between green clubs, the club that will face the winner of the key between Independiente Santa Fe and Deportivo Pasto was known.

On the 8th minute of the game, Cali was conditioned after the expulsion of the left back, Kevin Velasco. The play was reviewed by the VAR and the central judge, Carlos Mario Herrera, analyzed the repetition of a stomp by Velasco on Walmer Pacheco, La Equidad’s right back.

Two minutes later, the Uruguayan Matías Mier took the foul near the Caleña area, and after a series of rebounds produced by the center, he fired from medium distance to goal and the shot ended up stinging in the post of goalkeeper David González’s left hand.

Match temporarily interrupted by power failures

About minute 21 of the game, the match had to be stopped after one of the lights of the Palmaseca Stadium suddenly went out.

The game lasted 19 minutes in Palmaseca while the referee gave continuity while waiting for the technical team to solve the electrical problems.

Resuming play

The ball rolled again from the 22nd minute of play and the first clear goal arrival was sugary. An approach from Cali on the right wing of Agustín Palavecino ended in a shot to the goal that got between the legs of Equidad goalkeeper, Diego Novoa, who had the fortune that the ball bounced off the stick of his left hand.

Before the end of the first half of the game, Equidad coach Alexis García was forced to make a modification after the injury of central defender Andrés Murillo, who was replaced by Juan Mahecha, insurance midfielder with number 24.

Second time

As happened in the first leg, the clubs were the protagonists of the commitment. At minute 62, Cali midfielder Andrés Colorado received a cross in the insurance area, the midfielder finished off with his chest from the air, goalkeeper Novoa touched the ball with his hand and the shot ended on the crossbar.

1-2 on aggregate

Equidad’s counterattack output on minute 64 took advantage of the extra man that the insurance club had on the field and in an assist from Juan Colina to the Uruguayan Matías Mier, an aerial shot left goalkeeper David González out of position, who saw how the The ball hit the stick and ended up going in to make the commitment 0-1.

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