América de Cali and Unión Magdalena did not hurt each other in Santa Marta and drew 0-0 goalless on the pitch of the Sierra Nevada stadium, in a game in which both teams arrived with chances of qualifying for the next phase of the tournament; the ‘scarlets’ achieved the objective and placed seventh, while the samarios were only in box 12, although with the objective accomplished, after saving the category.
The first half of the duel started at 4:00 PM, like the other matches of the date. It was quite scarce in options for both elevenths. The most important event in the initial part was the expulsion of the Argentine midfielder Diego Chávez, after a strong offense against Esneyder Mena, an attacker for the Cali team, towards the end of the first part.
The ‘banana cyclone’ footballer supported the studs of his cleats on the thigh of the ’26’ of the Cali team and in front of the gaze of the central judge, Jhon Alexander Ospina, left leaving the Samarios with one less man.
Despite the red card, the team led by coach David Ferreira came out decisively to look for the first goal and Jairo Palomino crashed a ball into the post in the 52nd minute.
With about fifteen intense minutes in which the team from the capital of Magdalena sought to open the scoring, In those directed by Alexandre Guimaraes, the striker Daniel Mosquera and the midfielder Iago Falque enteredwho strengthened the caleños’ midfield and allowed them to take the ball more to the locals’ area, balancing the game.
Around minute 90, the referee of the match awarded a penalty in favor of the ‘red devils’, which he had to go to review after the VAR call to later annul it.
How did Unión Magdalena and América de Cali end up?
After a campaign in which they started as one of the surprises of the contest, a performance that allowed them to reach the semifinals of the Colombia Cup, the samarium team was eliminated from the tournament after adding only 29 units.
For its part, the team from the capital of Valle won the ticket to the next round after the results that occurred in the daysuch as the 2-1 defeat of Once Caldas against Santa Fe in Campín and the great victory of Deportivo Pereira against Bucaramanga 1-3, at the Alfonso López stadium.