América de Cali lost 2-0 against Cortuluá at the Doce de Octubre Stadium in Tuluá, for the fourth date of the BetPlay I-2022 League. The ‘scarlet’ team could not find the ideal performance and with errors in the setback of the defense, they lost the undefeated against the ‘heart’ team.
The first half had a good pace of play, especially in the opening minutes, with attacking incursions by both teams that reached the rival area, but without depth in the last quarter of the pitch with deflected shots or without any danger to the goalkeepers. rivals.
The highlight was the yellow cards for Marlon Torres, Didier Pino and Juan Carlos Osorio. In addition, at minute 44, the only clear option was generated with a ball controlled by Luis Carlos Ruiz in the American area, facing Diego Novoa, but he finished off wide.
For the final part, América made three changes from the beginning, Adrián Ramos, Joider Micolta and Esneyder Mena entered, Alejandro Quintana, Didier Pino and Emerson Batalla left.
At minute 47, Cortuluá recovered a ball in the last meters of his field, put together a quick counterattack in which Luis Carlos received the ball in the center of the field, enabled Kener Valencia with a great pass that beat the defense ‘scarlet’ and against Novoa he crossed it for the partial 1-0.
Five minutes later, América responded with a recovery in midfield by Deiner Quiñones, who assisted Adrián Ramos and only scored the tie against Ernesto Hernández, but it was invalidated for offside.
The ‘red devils’ continued looking for a tie with collective plays and clear options that Hernández stopped or that went slightly off course. While those led by Manuel Suárez had good control of the game, trying to increase the advantage on the counterattack.
In the end, the ‘heart’ team maintained order in defense and got the second goal in a new counterattack that Ruiz defined only in great form against Diego Novoa, achieving the first win of the semester after two draws and one defeat, a very positive result for descent theme. América could not react in the best way due to the dressing room goal and added the first defeat in the league.
On the following day, America will receive Independiente Santa Fe at the Pascual and Cortuluá will visit Independiente Medellín at the Atanasio.
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
