At the close of the third day of the Liga BetPlay 2022-II, Deportivo Cali e Independent Medellin They agonizingly equaled two goals. What seemed like the first joy of Cali ended in controversy…
The emotions were slow in coming. The first quarter of an hour showed a slight superiority of the visiting team, but without clear scoring chances. All very quiet.
Passivity was broken only about 20 minutes. All thanks to the still ball. Vladimir Hernández raised a measured center and Adrián Arregui came from behind, he won the position from José Caldera and with a header he overcame the resistance of Luis Hurtado. Nice annotation.
With the goal against, the sugar team searched a little more and even Caldera himself had a good volley inside the area that Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo evacuated in a great way. Still, clarity never came. The absence of Teófilo Gutiérrez was very noticeable.
Emotions were saved for the second half. Cali advanced lines thanks to the hand of Mayer Candelo with the changes and the push of the people; meanwhile, the DIM appealed to wait and look for cons to seal the victory.
The tie did not come until 81′, after Nicolás Gallo sanctioned a handball in the area. Maximum penalty that Kevin Velasco took over. The side did not fail. In Palmaseca the illusion returned.
And just five minutes later, the still ball returned courtesies to the homeowner. Corner shot in which Germán Mera won imperially, Caros Robles deflected it and Luciano Pons took it out with his hand, despite the fact that the ball had entered. Even so, Robles himself captured the rebound and sent it to save. Palmaseca was falling apart.
Everything was happiness. At last the first victory of the semester was given, but the great controversy of the duel arrived. In another corner kick, this time in favor of Medellín, Agustín Vuletich held Felipe Pardo inside the area and he dropped. Gallo immediately pointed to the penalty spot and from the VAR they did not ask him to review.
Christian Marrugo, with past the sugar bowl, took the ball and silenced the stadium by chipping it (90+5′). Sensational both to seal equality to two final.