Alianza Petrolera caused the big surprise on Monday at the end of the eighth matchday of the BetPlay I-2021 League by drawing 1-1 in the Palmaseca stadium for Deportivo Cali, who only managed to score a point in the last minute of the addition. save. to maintain the lonely lead of the match with 20 points.
A last-minute mistake from the addition of goalkeeper Juan Serrano, who had been the big figure of the evening up to that point, allowed the resident to find the draw in an isolated action.
It turned out as Alfredo Arias pointed out in the previous press conference, a good standing opponent, who has fewer points than he actually plays, and with a practical approach he made the sugar cast look bad, which strangely enough did not score the goal this time. .
At the start of the first half, the history of many matches for the green team was repeated: he arrived three times but did not finish and conceded a goal that made the rest of the first part more difficult. On the other hand, he could not respond in the complement to the great work of ‘the yellow machine’ that his own had.
At minutes 2 and 6 of the opening phase, Marco Pérez appeared with a shot up and then with a header, after services from Kevin Velasco, goalkeeper Juan Serrano was well in the second. Then he did it at 10, but he had a bad headline because he was not well positioned.
But it was Alianza who took the lead at the age of 14 when he took a corner kick from the right, Guillermo De Amores went wrong to hit, the rebound was taken by David Cuperman to put the ball in the area and Hanyer pushed there Mosquera to convert him. the 1-0.
The Barranco team mastered the extremes of the green and white cast well, forcing the locals to enter through the center, but that’s where the brand of those led by Wilson Gutiérrez prevailed, thanks to the good work of Jahir Cortés and Juan Portilla . Meanwhile, Roger Torres was the brain to play some good pieces in the middle of the field.
At minute 35, Harold Gómez finished with a right hand and goalkeeper Serrano rebounded the ball. So much for the offensive production of the guest team during that period.
Alfredo Arias made three inning changes for the second half, looking for a better performance for his team: Andrés Colorado, Andrés Arroyo and Michell Ramos ahead of Jhojan Valencia, Ángelo Rodríguez and Kevin Velasco.
Alianza moved his lines and started to play well to approach goalkeeper Amores’s area. It didn’t look like the match between the league and the leader, because the truth is that the visitor played better.
Cali returned and arrived after 40 minutes on a cross from the right, but goalkeeper Serrano confirmed his great night by saving in the center with a feline reaction.
In the last minute of injury time, Darwin Andrade hit a cross in the pursuit of the miracle and goalkeeper Serrano tried to secure the ball, but hit his own fence. With this draw, Cali increased its lead over Nacional, Tolima, Santa Fe and Medellín to 6 points.
On the ninth day of the ‘all against all’, Cali will visit Medellín on Thursday, February 25 (8:10 pm), while Alianza Petrolera will receive Tolima that same day (6:05 pm).