National Athletic who played with a roster full of youth and debutants, tied 1-1 with Cortuluá in the Athanasius Girardot, at the start of the Betplay-2 League.
The green that had Álvaro Angulo, Alexander Mejía and Yeison Guzmán as the most experienced players on the field, they ended up giving up a tie, in a duel in which the celebrations came after a penalty kick was awarded.
Despite the brilliance of the young goalkeeper Luis Marquenez, The 19-year-old, in the purslane goal, failed to keep his goal clean and the locals ended up drawing 1-1.
The green went ahead on the scoreboard thanks to the collection of a penalty kick, charged by Alexander Mejia, who reached the seventh goal as a professional, after the impeccable collection at 61 minutes of the commitment.
But Cortuluá, which is directed by Cesar Torres and that he needs to score points to save the category, he did not want to lose to Atanasio and at 80 minutes, Féiver Mercado was knocked down in the area and the central Heider Castro sanctioned the penalty.
The Market itself charged to match the shares
Nacional had two or three more dangerous arrivals, but the lack of precision in the last section of the field prevented the champion from winning, who premiered the title with an equality.
Now the green box will visit Junior for the second date of the League, this Wednesday in el Metropolitan.
Minute by minute
Minute 95: The match ends at the Atanasio, a 1-1 draw between Nacional and Cortuluá.
Minute 93: Red for Jhonatan Pérez de Cortuluá, second yellow.
90 minutes: the central announces four more minutes.
Minute 83: Juan José Arias of Nacional narrowly scored with a header, after Kevin Parra’s free kick was collected.
80 minutes: arrival of Nacional an action between Parra and Segura that almost ended in a goal for the locals.
Minute 79: Féiver Mercado’s penalty goal, to match the actions at the Atanasio Girardot.
Minute 77: After an error in defense, the goalkeeper Marquínez rushes out and knocks Mercado down in the area, the center-back decrees the penalty.
Minute 74: Enter National Tomás Ángel, Kevin Parra and Luis Carlos Segura. Jáider Asprilla, Rugery Blanco and Jhon Solís left.
Minute 65: the game is suspended so that players Asprilla from Nacional and Delgado from Cortuluá can attend, due to a clash of heads.
Minute 63: second change in Atlético Nacional, Brahian Palacios left with cramps for the entry of Kilian Toscano.
Minute 60: Goal by Atlético Nacional, by Alexánder Mejía from a penalty.
Minute 59: the referee is called by the VAR and a penalty is sanctioned in favor of National Athletic by a hand in the area of Jhonatan Pérez de Cortuluá.
Minute 56: Nacional’s action that narrowly ended in a goal, saved by Julián Millán, after Brahian Palacios’ shot.
Minute 54: First change in Atlético Nacional, Juan Pablo Torres enters and Yeison Guzmán leaves.
Without changes the second half starts in the Atanasio Girardot, between Nacional and Cortuluá.
50 minutes: The first half ends and Nacional draws goalless against Cortuluá at the Atanasio Girardot.
The referee Heider Castro announced four minutes replacement.
40 minutes: Álvaro Angulo’s option, who from medium distance narrowly opened the scoring.
Minute 39: arrival of Cortuluá through Fabio Delgado who sent him near the top post of Nacional’s goal.
Minute 35: first arrival of Nacional, from a free kick, which passes near the goal defended by Ernest Hernandez.
Minute 27: the archer Luis Marquinez debuting with Nacional, saves the locals from a new arrival of Feiver Market.
At 22 minutes an action is presented, and the central Heider Castro penalizes and shows yellow to the goalkeeper of Nacional, Luis Marquenez.
But they call him from the VAR to review the action, since the goalkeeper took the ball from Féiver Market of Cortuluá.
For this reason, he does not sanction the penalty and erases the yellow card for the Atlético Nacional goalkeeper.
Nacional and Cortuluá already play in the Athanasius Girardot the duel for the first date of the Betplay-2 League.
Before the start of the commitment, the members of the Los del Sur bar paid homage to Giovanni Moreno, who came to the stadium to watch his former teammates play.
The technician Hernan Dario Herrera announced a list in which some of the experienced ones appear, such as Álvaro Angulo, Alexander Mejía and Yeison Guzmán, with some juveniles that are part of the purslane quarry.
national form with Luis Marquinez; Nelson Palacios, Juan José Arias, Cristian Castro, Álvaro Angulo; Alexánder Mejía, Jhon Solís, Jaider Asprilla, Yeison Guzmán, Brahian Palacios and Ruyery Blanco.
Cortuluá meanwhile announces Ernest Hernandez; Jhonatan Pérez, Steven Valencia, Julián Millán, Fabio Delgado, Luis Caicedo, Jean Carlos Colorado, Juan Diego Lobo, Kevin Palacios, Kener Valencia and Féiver Mercado.