2023-11-09 02:57:15
08/11/2023
Atlético Nacional closed the round-robin phase of the Betplay-2 League with a 2-3 defeat against Tolima.
Despite being the home team and because of that condition they had the obligation to win, coach Jhon Bodmer decided to send a team to the field with an average age of 23 years and lined up another debutant like Simón García, 18 years old, who He did not look out of place in the purslane defense.
Beyond that decision by Bodmer, the green team was left with 10 men very early, when 14 minutes into the game the unjust expulsion of Brazilian Jader Gentil occurred, who went in search of a ball and without bad intentions brushed against the defender rival César Haydar with his studs.
Judge Andrés Rojas showed the red card and, despite being called by the VAR to review the action and be able to retract it since the video showed that the play was not for red, the Bogotá referee stood by his decision.
So given the numerical inferiority, it was up to the green technician to move the board and he did it intelligently to equalize the charges. However, at 40 minutes, in a very associative play, with several touches, Tolima opened the scoring through Jeison Lucumí. The action took place behind a wall in which defender Cristian Zapata lost his mark and the ball reached Lucumí for him to cross his shot and thus leave Kevin Mier, who had previously scored a goal ball, without options.
For the second half, Bodmer decided to send Óscar Perea and Juan Pablo Torres onto the field from the first minute and gave greater freedom to goalkeeper Kevin Mier so that he could make his role as libero more notable and in this way be able to level out the numerical superiority of the team. Tolima.
These movements gave immediate results and after a very good play by “Tatay” Torres, who made a filtered pass to Samuel Velasquez, he shot at the goal and on the rebound came Nacional’s tie. The ball was left to Venezuelan forward Eric Ramírez, who scored 7 goals in the League and 8 in total since his arrival at the Antioquia club.
That bravery of the local team to go for the result with 10 men was even enough to go ahead on the scoreboard, when in the 65th minute Ramírez filtered an excellent pass to Samuel Velásquez who scored through the post of the Tolima goalkeeper, Neto Volpi.
The 2-1 scoreboard excited the purslane fans, but that happiness was short-lived, because 3 minutes later there would be a great tie in one of the few actions in which the debutant García lost to his rivals. Juan Pablo Nieto anticipated him to receive a pass in the area and beat Mier.
When everything seemed to indicate that the match would end in a creditable draw for Nacional due to the circumstances of the game, Kevin Mier made a mistake and Diego Herazo took advantage of the error to put the final 2-3 for the visiting team, who did not beat the green team in the Atanasio since February 3, 2022 (0-1).
Now, both teams will concentrate to take on the semi-final home runs with the hope of reaching a new Colombian soccer final.
1699506445
#Nacional #closed #roundrobin #phase #defeat #Tolima