Deportivo Cali defeated Unión Magdalena 0-2 at the Sierra Nevada Stadium in Santa Marta, for the ninth date of the I-2022 League. Those led by Rafael Dudamel improved markedly in the second half and took advantage of one of the advances in attack, so that Jhon Vásquez and Daniel Luna scored the winning goals.
The match began with offensive intensity from Cali that before 10 minutes came out in a quick counterattack with Sebastián Leyton, who advanced approximately 60 meters, played with Kevin Velasco who assisted Teófilo Gutiérrez, the attacker from the left side entered the area and finished off crossed to the near post by José Ramiro Sánchez scoring the first goal, but it was annulled due to an advanced position by ‘Teo’.
Unión little by little came out of the pressure, but the visit came again in a corner kick that Teófilo and Velasco played short, in the end the Atlanticense centered, Guillermo Burdisso finished off with a header and Ramiro Sánchez rejected to maintain equality. For the last 25 minutes of the initial part, the Union was approaching the goal defended by Guillermo De Amores with shots above the horizontal by James Sánchez and Stiwar Mena with a header, and then Jairo Palomino with a powerful shot that deflected the ‘sugar goalkeeper ‘.
For the second half, the game gained much more emotion from both teams, arriving with clear possibilities, but Cali was the one that kept it going for the longest time with the entry of Michael Ortega for Sebastián Leyton, obtaining more mobility in the offensive part.
At minute 60, the Verdiblancos managed to advance down the right side with a pass between the lines from ‘Teo’ to Yony González, who had not appeared much in the game, the man from Antioquia finished off, Ramiro Sánchez stopped the ball, again González had the ball who advanced a couple of meters and assisted Jhon Vásquez in the ‘small’ area, so that he only pushed it, scoring 0-1 in favor of Cali.
In the final minutes, the ‘cyclone’ lacked depth in the last quarter of the field, while the ‘sugar bowlers’ managed to maintain control of the game and scored the second with a great collective play that in the end centered by Michael Ortega and Daniel Luna, who was leading several minutes in chanca, first scored 0-2, getting his second victory of the tournament, to leave the last place in the table.
On the following day, Unión Magdalena will contest the classic against Junior de Barranquilla and Deportivo Cali will do the same against América de Cali in Palmaseca.
Juan Andres Arias Arias
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
On Twitter: @AriasJuan_15
