Atlético Nacional beat Águilas Daurades 1-0 on Monday and was ratified as the lone leader of League II-2021. In addition, it is the only unbeaten team left in the Colombian championship, and becomes, perhaps, the main candidate for the title at the end of the year.
Among the top eight are teams like Envigado, Aliança Petroliera, Bucaramanga and Jaguars, who are called to surprise but would have no weight in their payrolls to fight for the star.
Of the big teams, Millionaires appears as the big rival to dispute the star. Still Tolima and America, also in the top eight, could react, as could Junior, Cali or Medellin.
However, from now on a duel is looming that will have no respite from here until the end of the championship, between Atlético Nacional and Millionaires: head to head at the reclassification table, which gives a quota to Copa Libertadores become champion of League II.
With the victory of Nacional over the Golden Eagles, the verdolaga equaled 54 points with the albiazul, but appears first by goal difference: +30 for +13 of the ambassadors.
The hand-to-hand seems to be only for these two teams, as the nearest team, which is not a champion, is Junior, with 46 units (at 9 points).
There are still 13 dates of the ‘all against all’, in addition to the final stages, to find out which team will be the best in the table of the year. Precisely, in date 20 National and Millionaires will face, being local the Antiochian equipment.
So from now on it will be a fight without margin of error for these two great and traditional teams. What is your favorite?