Atlético Nacional defeated Deportivo Pasto 0-1, on the fifth date of the I-2022 League, the purslane created options, they held the ball, but it was in the complement with a goal by Jefferson Duque, they found the way to the three points. The team from Nariño had a great first half, but could not match the pace of the visit.
Under the cold night of the Nariñense capital, Nacional began to hold the ball and generate offensive options, at minute 6, through Dorlan Pabón with a shot from medium distance, which went over the Pastuso goal. At 10, Yeison Guzmán tried, this time with a shot at ground level that goalkeeper Diego Martínez managed to control.
Pasto used the counterattack, but repeatedly fell out of place, especially on the left through Léiner Escalante and with Duvier Riascos. Mariano Vásquez and Facundo Ospitaleche were other men with ball control and offensive power.
About minute 16, Ruyery Blanco had a new approach, with a shot from the right leg that goalkeeper Martínez managed to control. The samarium failed to take advantage of a center from the right sector of Yerson Candelo.
At minute 24, Ruyery Blanco stole the ball over the right sector from Luis Payares, the Purslane striker reached the area and before the goalkeeper left, the player finished off a cross and the ball passed near the far post. At minute 26, a tackle by Juan David Cabal on Duvier Riascos, but the center back from the left was injured, giving way to Cristian Castro Devenish two minutes later.
Pasto began to attack again and at minute 33, Escalante won the ball from Candelo’s left. The former Junior got into the area and leaked the ball to Riascos, who could not define with solvency, losing a new approach for the local.
At minute 43, Kevin Mier drowned out Deportivo Pasto’s goal cry in two stages. Purslane goalkeeper contained Camilo Ayala’s shot, who reached the penalty point, on the rebound, Riascos finished off the ball and again the Barranqueño stopped the ball.
In the complementary stage, Pasto took control of the ball, Nacional waited and counterattacked, the game was more dynamic and with options in both areas. About minute 5, Yerson Candelo had the first, after a deep pass from Yeison Guzmán, but the winger and winger, after eluding the goalkeeper, failed to finish off the goal.
At 13, Léiner Escalante finished off the ball from the left sector and from more than 30 meters, but it went very high and wide. A minute later, Dorlan Pabón responded, but the local goalkeeper managed to stop the ball. Two minutes later, Pabón finished off with a right foot, but the ball was deflected by the Pastusa defense.
About minute 17, Nacional made two changes; Yeison Guzmán and Ruyery Blanco came out to make way for Giovanni Moreno and Jefferson Duque. A minute later, Pasto made the first change, entering Santiago Orozco instead of Juan Camilo Roa. Two minutes later, Dorlan Pabón in one-on-one on the left sector, finished off the ball and after a filtered pass from Sebastián Gómez, but goalkeeper Diego Martínez providentially rejected the ball.
At 31′, a free kick taken by Mariano Vásquez led to a header by Escalante, but the ball was recovered by Nacional. On the counterattack, Dorlan Pabón entered from the left, but failed to find Jefferson Duque. Two minutes later, Nacional exhausted its moments with two changes: Jhon Duque for Alexander Mejía and Andrés Andrade for Dorlan Pabón. In Pasto, they made two changes, entering Facundo Boné and Hasán Vergara, instead of Leiner Escalante and Duvier Riascos. Before, the Uruguayan Facundo Ospitaleche had left and Yesith Martínez entered.
It was at minute 37, when Atlético Nacional opened the scoring through Jefferson Duque, the purslane striker took advantage of a cross from the right sector by Yerson Candelo and heeled over the near post, leaving goalkeeper Martínez without reaction. Duque scored his 87th goal with the Nacional shirt and was 12 points behind Humberto ‘Turrón’ Álvarez and Gustavo Santa, who are in third place among the club’s all-time scorers.
At the end, Pasto had the tie with a shot by Kevin Riascos who sent the ball very close to the purslane goal with a header. For its part, Nacional approached the local goal through Giovanni Moreno, who finished off from the right sector with his left leg, which goalkeeper Martínez contained. The purslane got their second win as a visitor in the championship and the third in total, while the team from Nariño continues in the lower part of the table.
On the next date, Deportivo Pasto visits Atlético Bucaramanga, while Atlético Nacional hosts Alianza Petrolera at Atanasio.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED Correspondent
Medellin
En Twitter: @juanchoserran8
