América de Cali vs. Deportivo Cali: A Classic Battle for Victory in the BetPlay 2023-II League

“America and Cali are going to win, you can’t draw here.” Grupo Niche’s memorable phrase in Cali Pachanguero today gains more strength than ever. Both reds, who will officiate as locals at Pascual Guerrero, and greens arrive at the Valle del Cauca classic with the need to add three points before reaching the middle of the BetPlay 2023-II League.

Although those led by Lucas González started the date within the eight, occupying precisely the eighth place (now they are ninth) in the standings with 13 points, after three games won, four tied and two lost, the level they have shown The scarlet team has not yet convinced the fans, despite not even accumulating defeats in their last four games.

The panorama of Deportivo Cali is not the best either. The greens occupy sixteenth place with just nine points after two wins, three draws, three losses and one postponed match. Those led by Jaime de la Pava need to achieve a victory that will allow them to dream of fighting for a place at eight and also improve their outlook for next year’s relegation table.

America – Cali, a classic with history

This will be the classic number 336 in all history between Deportivo Cali and América de Cali and the 301st only for the League. The greens lead the history with 110 wins and 386 goals scored compared to the 97 victories of the reds, who have scored 379 goals. The remaining 93 games ended in draws.

However, the last 10 classics have favored the Scarlets, who have achieved four victories compared to the two games won by the Azucareros. The other four were equal. This year they have faced each other twice. 1-1 in Palmaseca and 5-2 in Pascual Guerrero in favor of the fifteen-time champions.

Deportivo Cali has not beaten América de Cali at Pascual Guerrero for nine games. The last victory of the greens as visitors in the classic occurred on April 14, 2019 when they won 0-1 with a score from Juan Ignacio Dinenno.

González and De la Pava analyze the classic

Lucas González, technical director of América de Cali, analyzed the Valle del Cauca classic and assured that the key to achieving victory against Deportivo Cali is in possession of the ball, something in which they emphasized work during the few days of training they had after drawing as visitors against Envigado.

“We will have to try to have the ball as long as possible because this way the problem is solved, we will find a way so that Teófilo Gutiérrez and Luis Sandoval do not meet during the match,” said the coach.

For his part, Jaime de la Pava, who is already used to directing these matches between red and green, feels calm with the improvement that the team has had during the last games. Maintaining the game idea that they have implemented in the last games will allow them to dream of the three points.

“What we will try to capture on the field is to have a dynamic game, where football wins in the end. The good moment of the team gives us a lot of guarantee, their desire to also capture that moment in a classic, which would be very nice and to be able to win it in the end, that is the objective. We know of the complexity that lies ahead, of the resistance that there is, in football, in their strategy and in their game plan,” he stated.

2023-09-10 12:07:34


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