The game ended this Friday 1-1, but it should have been a victory for America. Because it was more than Once Caldas on the field. He dominated the entire game.
And he had at least four very clear scoring options. He lacked that, concretizing to bring victory to the Palogrande stadium in Manizales, at the beginning of date 9 of the Colombian League.
It was a good first half for the ‘Devils’, with a lot of confidence in the mark, to the point that the whites did not have a single clear goal arrival.
In the midfield area, Camilo Portilla played a good game and the offensive moves were born from his feet, which were then connected by Déinner Quiñones and Juan David Pérez, mainly.
But it was precisely in the last quarter of the field where America failed. There, when it came to finishing the play, the reds weren’t right.
An error at the start of Once Caldas allowed Déinner to get the ball, he avoided the mark, but he finished off badly.
Then, Gianfranco Peña, playing center, left a ball served to Pérez, who also did not hit the shot.
Again, Déinner had control of the ball and when he shot, he deflected the ball.
The locals could not find a way to control the American attack, which must have resulted in at least one goal in the initial 45 minutes.
In the complementary period, América came out with the same momentum, creating spaces to make the attack easier and could have gone ahead if Gianfranco Peña had not been selfish in a play in the 51st minute.
The Reds dominated and, as happens so often in football, by not putting it in, it was Once Caldas who took advantage of the only chance they had, in the 61st minute. After a shot released by Joel Graterol, Diego Valdés, who came on in the second time, finished off with a header against the passivity of the defense and opened the scoring.
America did not lower her arms. In a corner charge, Marlon Torres headed hard, the ball crashed horizontally and in the shot, the same scarlet defender was recursive and holed the ball with his heel on the run.
The ‘Diablos could have scored the second, but Daniel Hernández wasted it in an incredible way. In the end, a 1-1 that adds up to red.
América reached 11 units in the standings with two fewer commitments on the calendar.
The date
The ninth date of the Colombian League began this Friday with the game between Once Caldas and América.
The day continues this Saturday with the games Santa Fe vs. Patriotas (3:30 pm), Alianza Petrolera vs. Pasto (5:45 pm) and Nacional vs. Bucaramanga (8:00 pm).
This Sunday are the games La Equidad vs. Pereira (2:00 pm), Cortuluá vs. Millonarios (4:05 pm), Junior vs. Tolima (6:10 pm) and Águilas vs. Medellín (8:15 pm).
The day will close on Monday with the matches Jaguares vs. Envigado (6:00 pm) and Deportivo Cali vs. Unión Magdalena (8:05 pm).
