Nacional will have to turn the series around

The green fell 2-1 to Santa Fe in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Betplay Cup. To define it in the Athanasius.

After a good start at El Campín, where he had enough to go ahead on the scoreboard, Atlético Nacional let Santa Fe take possession of the ball and bounce back the result to fall 2-1 in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Cup.

The first minutes of the match were for the green who generated dangerous actions and celebrated, in the 14th minute, with the goal of Sebastián Gómez, Who finished off a free head after the precise center of Dorlan Pabón.

Nacional made a Santa Fe look bad who could not find a way to break the defensive wall of the visitors. But with the dominance of the ball, the locals began to create mid-range options that gradually turned the goalkeeper Aldair Quintana in outstanding man in the King of Glasses.

The insistence of the cardinals allowed them to, in 40 minutes Kelvin Osorio hit the ball that went to the bottom of the arc, for 1-1.

In the second half the green did not come out concentrated and in the fourth minute, in a defensive error of Emanuel Olivera, the premises took advantage and Jhonatan Herrera who was left with the ball, finished off to beat the archer Quintana.

With the entry of Jefferson Duke i Alex Castro the technician Alejandro Restrepo tried to give a new air to the equipment and some approaches were generated that were not capitalized by the green one.

Santa Fe also moved their chips and tried to print speed on their output, which doubled the effort of the green’s defensive zone to avoid more goals against.

With the 2-1, Nacional leaves the series open and will have to, next September 15, look for in the Atanasio Girardot to go back the key to stay with the quota in the semifinal.

This Thursday the date is complemented by Equitat-Tolima and Pastura-Pereira. Cali and America tied 2-2

MATCH SYNTHESIS

SANTA FE 2

Technician: Grigori Méndez.
Players: Leandro Castellanos; Edwin Herrera, Fainer Torijano, José Ortiz, Fabio Delgado; Leonardo Pic, Juan Sebastián Pedroza, Jhonatan Herrera (Jhon Velásquez, 76 ‘), Kelvin Osorio (Enrique serje, 88’); Johan Cavaller (Neyder Moreno, 72 ‘) and Ronado Dinolis (Matías Castro, 75’).
Goals: Kelvin Osorio (40 ‘) and Jonatan Herrera (49’).
Figure: Jhonatan Herrera.

A. NATIONAL 1

Technician: Alejandro Restrepo.
Players: Aldair Quintana; Jonathan Marulanda (Nelson Palau, 80 ‘), Cristian Castro, Emanuel Olivera, Danovis Banguero; Sebastián Gómez, Brayan Rovira; Dorlan Pabón (Tomàs Àngel, 80 ‘), Jarlan Barrera (Alex Castro, 55’), Yeison Guzmán (hayen Palacios, 72 ‘); Jonatan Álvez (Jéfferson Duc, 55 ‘).
Goal: Sebastián Gómez (14’g).
Expelled: did not have.
Figure: Aldair Quintana.

Stadium: El Campín. / Referee: Mario Herrera Bernal (Meta). / Attendees: Javier Zemanate (Huila) and Luis Navarro (Vall). / Box office: approximately 12,000 spectators

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