Deportivo Independiente Medellín fell 2-0 to Patriotas, at stake for the second date in the I-2022 League. The Tunja team went from low to high, thanks to an inspired Carlos Mosquera and a forceful attack, the goals of the ‘lancers’ were from Víctor Moreno in Contra and Darwin López. The boyacenses did not defeat the DIM by League, since January 25, 2019.
The initial stage marked a game with little offensive generation, both Patriotas and Independiente Medellín concentrated their game in midfield. At minute 28, José Hernández Chávez had a great chance with a free kick, which was saved by goalkeeper Carlos Mosquera.
The Boyacense team responded at minute 31 with a shot by Darwin López with his right leg from outside the area, but the ball went high and deflected to the right.
About minute 33, Jean Pineda took advantage of a pass from Adrián Arregui and shot the ball from mid-range, but it went over the Patriotas goal. At 40, the powerful had a new chance, this time through Diber Cambindo, but Mosquera controlled the ball without problems. The last offensive move of the first half was made by the Boyacenses through Darwin López, but the ball was also deflected from the goal guarded by Luis Erney Vásquez.
In the complementary stage, the first goal of the game quickly came, a foray by Cristian Barrios on the right for Jorge Posada, who filtered the ball into the heart of the area, but Víctor Moreno, trying to reject the ball, put it into his own door.
After the goal, Medellín went out to find the tie, with more impetus than order, after a collective play, Adrián Arregui finished off and on the path of the ball when it reached the goal, Cambindo deflected it, but could not beat the goal from Boyacá.
At minute 9, Julio Comesaña decided to make two changes looking for a better offensive alternative, Vladimir Hernández and José Hernández Chávez left and Bryan Castrillón and Felipe Pardo entered. The powerful insisted on looking for the opposite goal, at minute 17, Víctor Moreno, after a corner kick, demanded goalkeeper Mosquera, the Patriotas goalkeeper became the figure of the game with his saves.
Midway through the second half, Patriotas made two changes, with José Ramírez replacing Panamanian Ángel Orelien and José Moreno leaving, giving way to Jonathan Ávila. The DIM responded with two more changes; Yulián Gómez and Juan Carlos Díaz left, and Germán Gutiérrez and the Argentine Luciano Pons entered.
At minute 28 and after a corner kick, Patriotas scored the second goal of the game through Darwin López, who took advantage of a rebound in the heart of the area, so that the attacker pushed the ball down the line, with Luis Erney Vásquez defeated. .
About minute 38, the referee Éder Vergara was consulted by the VAR to analyze a possible penalty play for Deportivo Independiente Medellín. For an alleged hand of Jonathan Ávila after a center from the right sector. Two minutes later, the central judge determined that there was no infraction.
The last minutes were intense, with a DIM trying to score the discount, looking for the miracle. While the Patriots defended themselves and in the meantime, they exhausted the changes. Jorge Mendoza and Mayer Vidal entered, instead of Edwar Bolaños and Cristian Barrios.
In the end, Patriotas had not beaten DIM since January 25, 2019, when the Tunja team won 2-1 with goals from Brayan Fernández and Felipe Ávila, discounted Germán Cano. They did it again showing a forceful game, especially in the second half, being a balanced team, with a great performance by Carlos Mosquera.
On the next date, Patriotas receives Deportivo Pereira in Tunja, while Independiente Medellín receives Deportivo Cali at Atanasio.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED Correspondent
Medellin
En Twitter: @juanchoserran8