On the night of this November 7, five games were played at the same time in the search to enter the group of 8 on the final date of the soccer league in Colombia.
Although initially, Junior and Deportivo Cali were in 7th and 8th places respectively, teams like Deportivo Pasto, Santa Fe and Alianza Petrolera had a chance to win and qualify for the final phases.
With the results and the drama of the night, the classifieds were:
1. Golden Eagles2. America of Cali3. Independent Medellín4. Sports Tolima5. National Athletic6. Junior7. Millionaires8. Deportivo Cali
However, the day was marked by drama, last-second finishes and classification by goal difference. This is how it was:
Classification by goal difference
The day was quite dramatic until the last seconds of this day 20 looking to enter the final home runs, even the goal difference was necessary to define the classifieds.
Five minutes into the game in Barranquilla, Junior defined his situation: a pass from Vladimir Hernández allowed Luis ‘Cariaco’ González to score the 1-0 against Huila and begin to confirm the ‘shark’s’ classification.
In the other match, Pasto, which also had a chance to qualify, started winning 0-1 on a visit to Antioquia with a goal from Darwin López at 6 minutes, but Envigado calmed the Pasto illusion with a goal 4 minutes later through Bayron Garcés .
Alianza Petrolera, the other team with options, started losing 30 minutes into the game after a penalty scored by Carlos Ramírez for Deportivo Pereira. However, the oil team pulled away to 2-1 in 15 minutes with goals from Sebastián Acosta and Andrés Rentería.
Although Alianza Petrolera’s victory left it with 28 points and equal to Deportivo Cali, the difference of 0 was better than Petrolero’s -6.
Last second drama
The tie in Tunja served Deportivo Cali well because it reached 28 points and went to the finals due to goal difference over Alianza. However, the unexpected happened.
When it seemed that nothing was happening in the game, a goal by Sebastián Tamara after a passivity in Cali’s defense and the failure of goalkeeper Rodríguez scored the surprise 1-0 in favor of Chicó. This result eliminated Cali and classified Alianza Petrolera.
The drama and nerves reached the players at the Tunja stadium due to the surprising score, Cali could not find the ball and Chicó felt firm in its game. Everything seemed settled until, at the last second, a great pass from Teófilo Gutiérrez allowed Luis Sandoval to score the tie of the match and the 1-1 score that returned Deportivo Cali to the group of 8 finalists.
After this definition today, it is expected tomorrow night that another five games will be played simultaneously, to define the group heads of those who were already classified previously for the final home runs such as Águilas, América, Millonarios, Nacional, Medellín and Tolima.
2023-11-08 03:07:02
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