The day of classics on Saturday March 5 featured the duel between Deportivo Cali and America of Cali in the stadium dry palm of Palmyra.
With nine players, the American squad managed to get the three points as a visitor with the goal scored by Adrian Ramos at minute 9 of the match and officially Deportivo Cali It is the team that accumulates the most defeats in the campaign with seven falls in 10 dates that the tournament has led so far.
The conditions of the field of play did not favor a fluidity of the action in which there was an intervention of the VAR at minute 23 of the commitment. With the obstacles of the ball in the flooded field, Yaliston Martínez and Larry Angulo said goodbye to the commitment at minute 41 and at 45 + 1 after the expulsions for fault and protest before the determinations of the central judge Wílmar Roldán.
This is how the commitment developed in which América ended up defending with two lines of four in front of the Venezuelan goalkeeper Joel Graterol:
At the post-match press conference, the Venezuelan coach Rafael Dudamel did not appear initially and the spokesman for the Verdiblanco team was assumed by captain Michael Ortegauntil at the third question the coach appeared to provide clarity on the information and a general balance of the seventh defeat of the campaign that places Deportivo Cali in box 18 of the campaign with 7 units and a goal difference of -7:
America reached the goal twice, one of them was a goal and the other hit the post. We were dominators of the game and even in the second half we had intensity turning to the attack knowing that we were going to suffer and there was a downturn that took us away from lucidity to get to convert. There was an efficient defensive block, where we lacked a bit of calm to generate space
The sugar technician was aware of the mistakes that his team had to impose on the scarlet defensive block that gave up having Adrián Ramos and Alejandro Gabriel Quintana and coincided with the fact that the visiting team had the courage to endure the victory:
América had the courage to defend itself at 0-1 and we were not calm, we made a mistake on the way to the goal
Regarding Juan Carlos Osorio, the coach from Risaral was optimistic about the dedication of his team, which today is seventh in the BetPlay I 2022 League with 15 games and a goal difference of +2. When asked about what it means for him to win twice in a row at the Palmaseca stadium, this is what the coach said:
I think the Clásicos are very important matches for the clubs. I remember that in the first game it was a goal by Émerson Batalla, who is not with us today. Today an epic, historic result was achieved with 11 against 9 or 10 against 8 and I am very happy, I am very excited about our team and as we improve I think we are going to have a great team
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