América de Cali defeated Atlético Nacional 3-0 for the fifth day of the 2022 Women’s League at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium. Those directed by the technician Andres Usme they had a great performance again, continuing with a perfect score in the tournament and without conceding a goal in the four games they have played.
The match began with a good movement of the ball from one side to the other, with which the scarlet team gradually managed the commitment and got the first score on a corner kick that Catalina Usme executed, María Peraza tried to reject, but did not I connect the ball well, which was left to Wendy Bonilla who finished without problem for the partial 1-0 at 8 minutes.
Nacional had no reaction and América increased the advantage at minute 19 in a good play, which began with a recovery by Anlly Iglesias in the last quarter of the field, centering the ball to Ingrid Vidal who headed Catalina and without letting her fall in front of the goalkeeper Michell Lugo, scored the 2 to 0.
The Americans controlled the match with no problem, while the Purslane tried to get closer to the rival area, in which they did not have a good attacking dynamic, to disturb the goalkeeper Natalia Giraldo, ending the initial part with the advantage for America.
For the second part, the commitment continued with the same dynamic of América trying to close the game with one more goal and Nacional was increasingly further away from Giraldo’s goal, trying with sequences of passes in the middle of the field, but the locals They maintained their defensive power.
At minute 62, the Scarlets came dangerously close again in the construction of a play through the center of the field, Wendy received to the right flank, reached the final line, crossed and Elizabeth Carabalí almost put it in her own door trying to reject it. to the corner kick.
In the final minutes, América ended up closing the game with a score by Fabiana Yantén, who after a ball recovery in the middle of the field by Katherine Valbuena, who had just entered, correctly enabled Yantén who alone against Lugo defined for the final 3-0.
On the next league date, América de Cali will visit Atlético Bucaramanga, while Atlético Nacional will host La Equidad.
Juan Andres Arias Arias
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
On Twitter: @AriasJuan_15
