Independent Medellin He was crowned Colombian Cup champion after defeating Deportes Tolima on penalties (5-4) on Thursday after a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes.
The mighty retained the cup title and took his ninth professional title from Hernán Darío Gómez, who took his third title as a coach.
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The local goal was from Matías Mier, while Anderson Angulo scored the decent goal. In sanctions, Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo saved a penalty and Juan Guillermo Arboleda scored the title goal.
The first minutes of the game were studied by both. Deportes Tolima pressed briefly, while Medellín was orderly and came out quickly.
Around the 7th minute, Tolima peeked over Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo’s goal with a silent ball, which passed close to the area. The goalkeeper would be vital to the Mighty One.
After a violation of the left sector, Matías Mier he attacked and sent the ball to the far post, Agustín Vuletich swept it, but the goal was given to the Uruguayan player, who passed the mighty one in front of the scoreboard, in minute 20.
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Tolima called on his strength to look for options in the opposite goal in minute 37 and after a corner kick, an alleged hand from David Loaiza, referee Ospina led to the VAR to analyze a possible penalty. after two minutes he determined that there was no violation.
The visit cornered his rival through the silent ball, while Medellín held out the last minutes of the first half. In injury time, a foul by Yeison Gordillo on the edge of the area, after Javier Reina was charged, the ball was deflected from the pijao gate.
In the complementary phase, Tolima came looking for the draw, at 16 seconds Omar Albornoz made a powerful shot with his left leg that Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo managed to contain. The visit continued to push for the wing and center, with medium-range shots. Marmolejo, however, was very attentive.
With an average of 20 minutes, Tolima had three variants on his attack front, looking for a draw. With more power than intelligent movements, although Juan Fernando Caicedo dodged three rivals at minute 25, sought free space and with a crossed shot, almost applied the law of the first.
At minute 32, DIM approached the opponent’s goal again via Matías Mier, who demanded the goalkeeper Montero on his left post with a left foot.
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In the 39th minute and after a free kick from Jaminton Campaz, the ball floated into the center of the Medellín area, where Sergio Mosquera pushed it down and leveled the match. However, referee Alexander Ospina went to look into the VAR for an alleged hand from the Tolima defender. Two minutes later, the referee destroyed the goal with Mosquera’s hand and saved the DIM from the draw.
But at minute 45, in a free kick by Campaz from the left sector, the ball was left to Angulo, after a rebound from Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo, tie the game.
The last minutes were shocked, but the referee did not allow the corner to be collected, the score did not change and to know the champion of the Colombia Cup it was just a matter of waiting for the kicks from the penalty spot.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellin
And twitter: @ juanchoserran8