The Sports Independent Medellin (DIM) won this Wednesday by (2-1) America of Cali in the first leg of one of the Colombian duels in the first phase of the South American Cup, in which the Powerful could take a greater advantage if it were not for a penalty saved by the Venezuelan Joel Graterol.
The locals took the first round with scores from the winger Vladimir Hernández, who also caused the penalty, and from the central defender Andrés Cadavid, while Adrián Ramos scored the partial 1-1 at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellín.
The hosts tried to take control of the game from the first minutes and created the first opportunity at minute 8 in a play from the right by Juan Guillermo Arboleda, who sent a cross that headed winger Jean Pineda and went over the goal. of Graterol.
However, the visitors responded quickly with a long-range shot by Larry Vásquez that was cleared by goalkeeper Andrés Mosquera with a slap.
The DIM, however, regained control and began to subdue a team that looked disorderly and did not get the ball to Iago Falque and Ramos very much.
Thus, the Powerful created several opportunities until, at the end of the initial stage, Hernández caught a rebound on the edge of the area after a cross from a teammate of his and, with a left-footed shot, he overcame the resistance of Graterol, who despite stretching could not get the ball out of the back of the net at minute 46.
For the second half, Juan Carlos Osorio moved the bench and sent midfielder Juan Camilo Portilla and winger Joider Micolta onto the field.
The changes worked for him and precisely Micolta, who made a wall with Falque on the right side, sent a creeping center for Ramos, who only had to push the ball into the back of the net and equalized the score just two minutes after leaving the goal. the locker rooms.
However, the joy did not last long because in the 56th minute the central defender Andrés Felipe Cadavid, on a free kick, took a very strong shot that slipped between a poorly placed barrier and surprised Graterol, who despite the effort could not avoid the goal.
The Red Devils fell after the goal -and after the exits of Falque and Ramos- something that El Poderoso tried to take advantage of under the leadership of Hernández, but failed to do so.
Precisely Hernández was knocked down in the area at minute 76 and a minute later his teammate Luciano Pons took a penalty that Graterol saved, which left the Americans alive ahead of the second leg that will be played in Cali next Wednesday.
Datasheet
DIM-America de Cali 2-1
Independent Medellin: Andres Mosquera Marmolejo; Juan Guillermo Arboleda, Víctor Moreno, Andrés Cadavid, Germán Gutiérrez; David Loaiza, Adrián Arregui (m.74, Javier Méndez); Juan David Mosquera, Vladimir Hernández (m.90, José Hernández), Jean Pineda, and Luciano Pons (m.82, Diber Cambindo).
Coach: Julio Comesaña.
America: Joel Graterol; Eber Moreno (m.46, Joider Micolta), John García, Jorge Segura, Brayan Medina, Elvis Mosquera; Luis Paz (m.46, Juan Camilo Portilla), Larry Angulo, Carlos Sierra; Iago Falque (m.61, Didier Pino), and Adrián Ramos (m.61, Alejandro Quintana).
Coach: Juan Carlos Osorio.
goals: 1-0, m.45+1: Vladimir Hernández. 1-1, m.47: Adrian Ramos. 2-1, m.57: Andrés Cadavid.
Referee: Brazilian Flavio de Souza. He admonished coach Juan Carlos Osorio.
Incidents: Match of the first phase of the South American Cup played at the Atanasio Girardot stadium, in Medellín.
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