Aliança Petroliera gave the big surprise this Monday at the end of the eighth day of the BetPlay I-2021 League, in the 1-1 draw at the Palmaseca stadium in the Esportiu Cali, which only in the last minute of the addition managed to save a point to maintain the lone lead of the contest with 20 points.
An error in the last minute of addition of the goalkeeper Juan Serrano, who until then was the great figure of the night, allowed the local to find the tie in an isolated play.
Things turned out as indicated by Alfredo Arias at the previous press conference, a well-placed rival, who has fewer points than he really plays, and with a practical approach made the sugar list look bad, which strangely this time he did not finish in the bow.
At the beginning of the first half the history of many games of the green team was repeated: He arrived on three occasions, but did not materialize, and received a goal against which complicated the rest of the initial part. Instead, in the complement could not react to the great work of the ‘yellow machine’, which had his.
About minutes 2 and 6 of the initial stage appeared Marc Pérez with a shot on top and then with a header, then services of Kevin Velasco, in the second was good archer Juan Serrano. He then made it to 10, but finished off with no harm in not being well positioned.
But it was Aliança who took the lead at 14 when a corner kick was taken from the right, it went wrong to punch Guillermo D’Amors, the rebound was taken by David Cuperman to put the ball in the ‘area and there he was pushed by Hanyer Mosquera to make it 1-0.
The Barranqueño box controlled well at the ends of the green list-and forced the local to enter the center, but there prevailed the mark of those led by Wilson Gutierrez, thanks to the good work of Jahir Cortés and Juan Portilla . Meanwhile, Roger Torres was the brains to snag some good cut plays in the middle of the court.
In the 35th minute, Harold Gómez finished with a right and the goalkeeper Serrano bounced the ball. So far the offensive production of the host box in this period.
Alfredo Arias made three changes to the second half, looking for a better performance of his team: Andrés Colorado, Andrés Arroyo and Michell Ramos by Jhojan Valencia, Ángelo Rodríguez and Kevin Velasco.
Alliance advanced their lines and began to play properly to approach the Amores goalkeeper area. It didn’t look like the cholera duel with the leader, because the truth is that he played the visitor better.
Cali came back in the 40th minute in a cross from the right, but goalkeeper Serrano ratified his great night by cutting into the center with a feline reaction.
In the last minute of added time, Darwin Andrade put a cross in search of the miracle and the goalkeeper Serrano tried to secure the ball, but put it in his own fence. With this tie, Cali increased to 6 points its advantage over Nacional, Tolima, Santa Fe and Medellín.
On the ninth date of the all against all, Cali will visit Medellín on Thursday 25 February (08:10 pm), while Aliança Petroliera will receive the same day (06:05 pm) in Tolima.