The set oriented by Pablo Peirano He has the incentive of, with a victory, securing his place for the Copa Libertadores through reclassification,
And if those led by Alberto Gamero They play like they did in the first 25 minutes of the classic, I was able to defeat Galeras, a rival that always messes up their games.
The victory did not guarantee the blues qualification, but it allowed them to bet on a draw against Pasto and now they are forced to go for all or nothing.
Yet
Millonarios, who has accumulated nine classics without knowing defeat and won the last two 1-0 with goals from Leonardo Castro He went out with everything to try to unbalance the account.
Thus, before the first minute is up, Daniel Catano served as a taco for Juan Carlos Pereirawho threw a loft pass for Leonardo Castrodefining with a right hand that went over the crossbar of the goal defended by Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo.
The pressure continued after 6 minutes, a through pass from David Silva to Delvin Alfonzoended with a cross into the past area for the blue ’10’ to finish, but Marcelo Ortiz deflected it into a corner kick.
Three minutes later he had another approach to goal through Castro, who eluded an opponent and finished with strength, saving goalkeeper Mosquera Marmolejo without rebounding.
About the minute 16 the prize arrived for the celestial ones, After the execution of a free kick by Falcao, the ball hit the barrier, leaving the rebound served to Danovis Banguero, who filtered an elevated pass for Juan Pablo Vargas, who failed to touch the ball and it was served to Andrés Llinás, for the ‘Tigre’ to finish off and roar with his first goal in a classic.
The action was reviewed by the VAR because it was obviously out of place, which validated it because Dairon Mosquera was hooked.
Millionaires continued to insist 22 minutes in a great collective action between SilvaCastro and Cataño, did not end in a goal due to the reaction of goalkeeper Mosquera Marmolejo, who then showed off again by deflecting a header from Llinás.
Later, Santa Fe reacted with a mid-range shot from Edward López, which was deflected by Alvaro Montero.
The match gained in intensity, with risky actions for both sides, among others again due to errors in the delivery by Millonarios.
For the second half, Falcao stayed in the locker room and Jhon Córdoba entered in his place, so the team began to play with a striker.
Santa Fein turn, entered determined to equalize the score and achieved it through Hugo Rodallega.
Millonarios tried to react but without effectiveness, while his rival became emboldened and knocked on Montero’s door with danger and if he did not take the lead on the scoreboard, it was because of the goalkeeper’s response or because, who would believe it, Rodallega failed in the final score.
This time it was not enough for the celestials to win the match and, on the contrary, they could well have ended up losing, which would have made their aspirations of being a finalist even more complicated.
However, for those football things, The rival who made their time miserable last night could be their ally on Sunday. Santa Fe needs to win and has arguments to do so.
did the homework
Nacional, who played before Millonarios, did their homework and defeated Pasto 2-1, thus keeping their aspirations to qualify alive.
This result left the volcanic team, which had taken a breather after the agonizing victory against Santa Fe in Bogotá, without a chance.
The Purslanes They were superior and could have scored, but the rival managed to keep the score zero in the first half.
He was key in the attack on the right wing Marino Hinestrozawith his speed, skill and mischief, but he had to be replaced for the second phase.
Precisely, in the second 45 minutes, Nacional released its full-backs more and it was Álvaro Angulo who was in charge of opening the scoring.
The second goal came very quickly through Alfredo Morelos and more could have come, only that the ‘Búfalo’ failed or Martínez locked his goal.
The discount came through a maximum penalty executed by Kevin Londoño.