Bogotá, Oct 2 (EFE) .- After 11 games without losing defeat, Atlético Nacional lost its first game on Saturday night 12 of the Clausura Tournament by falling 3-2 against Deportivo Pereira at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium in Pereira.
With a double from forward Wilfrido de La Rosa Mendoza, a goal at 60 minutes and another three minutes later, and a goal in the last minute from Alejandro Piedrahita’s complement, “Matecaña” was left with the three points of the match and is excited with getting among the classifieds.
Those led by Alejandro Restrepo were looking for a victory to remain undefeated and consolidate even more at the top of the table, but in the end they were surprised by the Pereira squad that took advantage of some of the errors of ‘El Verde de la Montaña?’ to the fall it maintains the leadership of the competition.
The greens opened the scoring with a goal from Jefferson Duque three minutes into the second half, but the team was destabilized after several controversial plays that their rival knew how to take advantage of to get the tie and prevail in the rest of the game.
At 79 minutes, Danovis Banguero equalized the game 2-2 and when the final whistle was about to sound, Deportes Pereira found the net again and thwarted the tie with which Nacional could have returned home with at least one point.
In the second match of this day, Deportivo Cali performed miracles and beat Envigado 1-2 at the South Sports Center in the city of Antioquia.
Deportivo Cali, led by Venezuelan Rafael Dudamel, had just defeated Pereira 2-1 and sought with this match to continue promoting its recovery to get among the eight classified. In the end the result was given.
The local team got ahead on the scoreboard with an own goal at 16 minutes from the Uruguayan goalkeeper Guillermo De Amores, from the ‘azucarera’ squad, a serious error from which the ‘verdiblanco’ knew how to overcome and come back after notable attacks with a goal by Kevin Velasco at 49 and another by José Carlos Caldera at 72.
In another interesting match, La Equidad beat Deportes Quindío 1-0 with a score by Joan Castro in the 13th minute, the only goal of the match played at the Metropolitano de Techo. The citizens of the capital owned the first part of the game but could not find the network again despite the options generated.
Although his team was beaten, goalkeeper Luis Estacio was unbeatable for the rest of the game and was able to stop the rival’s dangerous plays with great skill. His colleagues looked for options but none came.
In the last game of the night, América de Cali beat Atlético Huila 1-0 and vindicated itself with its fans at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali.
This victory oxygenates the results of the ‘Red Devils’, led by former Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who come into a crisis, because of the last seven league games they played they won one, lost four and tied two.
Larry Angulo scored the only goal of the match at minute 19 and made his debut as a scorer with América, who took to the field with a team eager to return to victory.
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