This Monday, May 2, a new day of the BetPlay League 2022-I ended. Alianza Petrolera confirmed the elimination of América de Cali in the Pascual Guerrero with which the date 18 of the Colombian Professional Soccer ended. Medellín and Junior have already sealed classification, and there are three places left to define the regular phase, and give way to the final home runs.
The good:
– Matches with goals despite the fact that Independiente Medellín and Nacional tied with goals, the remaining nine games had goals. 23 annotations were marked during this date where several things began to be decided in the face of the final home runs.
– Junior and Medellin did their homework With a mixed payroll, the Barranquilleros were forceful and showed no mercy against a direct rival like Envigado. 4-0 was the final score that qualified those led by Juan Cruz Real, part of the tranquility to focus on the Copa Sudamericana.
For its part, the goalless draw in the Antioquia classic was enough for Medellín to say present in the final home runs. With 31 units, they are already celebrating the classification, and just like Junior, they will have a head for the Copa Sudamericana.
– National with defined goalkeeper Kevin Mier Without a doubt, he was the figure of the Antioquia classic. Medellín was the one that struggled the most to break the zeros, and the goalkeeper was a whole wall to solve all risk actions. Mier has made Aldair Quintana forget and Hernán Darío Herrera is more than clear who is the starting goalkeeper for Nacional.
– Santa Fe, Golden Eagles and Oil Alliance with possibilities uncertainty grows more for the remaining three seats. The people of Bogota with their victory are fighting hard to qualify, as well as the oil tankers who added three and will sleep a whole week as eighth, and Antioquia peck two points from that eighth place.
– Cali left the bottom of the table the champion triumphed and did so as a visitor against Once Caldas de Manizales. Daniel Luna was in charge of scoring the only goal, and despite the fact that the sugar producers have no chance of qualifying, it was important to add three again.
The bad:
– Equality without goals in the classic paisa The main course of the day left a lot of disappointment, because, although there were options from side to side, no team could break the zeros. Medellín that the one who proposed the most, and Kevin Mier was the figure. The VAR also annulled Giovanni Moreno’s goal in the first half.
– Expulsions in National With much controversy, the Antioquia classic was played. In the complement, Nacional suffered two red cards. Giovanni Moreno and Dorlan Pabón, both for a double warning. Medellín could not break the zeros against nine players on their rival’s court.
– The departure of technicians After the defeat of Jaguares de Córdoba against Independiente Santa Fe in Bogotá, the feline presidency confirmed that the strategist, César Torres, will direct the last two games of the BetPlay League, and his contract will end. The one who did leave immediately is Manuel Suárez, Chilean coach of Cortuluá after the 3-2 loss against Tolima.
– Role confusion there is uncertainty in Santa Fe’s victory due to the registration of Grigori Méndez as technical director against Jaguares. In fact, he attended the press conference, while Agustín Julio was the one who gave the instructions on the bench and who was on the line directing. A novel that still hasn’t finished, because the Cordovans went to the Dimayor.
The ugly:
– Eighth penalty against America a maximum penalty that was due to an entry by Didier Pino to Estéfano Arango that Brayan Gil was in charge of scoring. However, this decision made the Caleño club the team with the most penalties against the BetPlay League 2022-I. In addition, in this way, the Scarlets said goodbye to the tournament with no chance of qualifying.
– Arbitration in Envigado Despite the fact that Giovanni Moreno’s expulsion is justified by a hard tackle from behind, bordering on a direct red card, Edilson Ariza made a mistake in Dorlan Pabón’s second yellow card. Arbitration completely complicated Nacional’s game.
