Millionaires faced Deportivo Pereira this Monday, for the third date of group A in the semifinal home runs of the BetPlay Dimayor II-2022 League. With the partial 1-0 victory over the matecaña, he assumes the lead and is the first candidate to qualify for the final.
Before the game, the ambassador club made an important announcement about Daniel Ruiz, its young figure who continues to consolidate.
The Bogotá club published on its official Twitter account that it was celebrating because Daniel Ruiz exceeded 100 games with the albiazul, a fact that moved many fans, but confused others, more specialized in the team’s numbers.
However, the main statisticians have in their accounts that the match against Pereira was Daniel Ruiz’s 99th: 89 for Liga BetPlay, 8 for Copa BetPlay and 2 in Copa Libertadores.
Thus, to exceed 100 games, in Millonarios they had to count Ruiz’s two games in the preseason, playing 2 friendlies in the Florida Cup, which would put him at 101 games.
What happens is that in a matter of statistics, friendly matches do not count, but only the official ones.
This data is wrong. Daniel Ruiz has played 98 games with Millonarios, today’s is 99. They are counting the Florida Cup games, which are friendly and should not count. https://t.co/vGcI4nd1b7
— Gabriel Jimenez (@elmechu) November 14, 2022
Official matches are always counted, friendlies are not.
— Orlando Ascencio (@josasc) November 14, 2022
