At the close of the day on Monday in Colombian soccer, Sports Tolima defeated 3-1 sports grass by the hand of a brilliant Juan Fernando Caciedoauthor of a double.
With this result, the pijao painting He secured himself within the batch of eight first with 18 unitswhile the Nariñenses they fell to eighth place.
Although the duel began with two big scares for the homeowner, both with the complicity of the goalkeeper Christian Vargasthe opening of the scoring came thanks to the opportunism of Juan Fernando Caicedo.
At 38′, a corner kick at the near post was combed by Julian Quinones, Kevin Perez he missed the ball when trying to finish off and Caicedo came from behind to shoot diego martinez. Just four minutes later, Martínez himself left a short rebound inside the area that the Tolima striker put away in a timely reaction.
For the second part, the homeowner expanded his difference from an old acquaintance. Juan Guillermo Arboleda raised a past cross from the left sector that Facundo Cap He controlled and with a dry shot he complied with the law of the former.
A bit of suspense came to the duel around 68 minutes, when Edward Lopez he received a sensational deep pass and with the inside of his right foot he sent the ball into the far post of goalkeeper Vargas.
Pasto tried, Tolima held on well and the result did not budge. Important victory in the Manuel Murillo Toro for those led by Hernan Torres.