Alianza Petrolera gave the big surprise on Monday, at the end of the eighth day of the BetPlay League I-2021, by drawing 1-1 at the Palmaseca stadium at Deportivo Cali, which only in the last minute of the addition managed to save a point to maintain the solitary leadership of the contest with 20 points.
An error in the last minute of the addition of goalkeeper Juan Serrano, who until then was the big figure of the night, allowed the locals to find equality in an isolated piece.
Things turned out as Alfredo Arias pointed out at the previous press conference, a well-developed opponent who has fewer points than he really plays and, with a practical approach, made the sugar throw look bad, which strangely this time did not end empty.
At the beginning of the first half, the history of many games for the green team was repeated: he arrived three times, but did not finish and received a goal against which complicated the rest of the initial part. On the other hand, in addition, he could not react to the great work of the “yellow car”, which had his own.
In the 2nd and 6th minutes of the initial stage, Marco Pérez appeared with a shot up and then with a header, after the services of Kevin Velasco, the goalkeeper Juan Serrano was well in the second. Then he did it at 10, but he went badly because he was not well positioned.
But Alianza took the lead after 14 minutes, as a result of Guillermo De Amores’s awkward, but ultimately successful, shot from the right. David Cuperman was the scorer. Hanyer Mosquera was the scorer. pushed to convert 1-0.
The Barranco team controlled well the extremes of the green-and-white distribution and forced the place to enter through the center, but there the mark of those led by Wilson Gutiérrez prevailed, thanks to the good work of Jahir Cortés and Juan Portilla. In the meantime, Roger Torres was the mastermind of the game.
After 35 minutes, Harold Gómez got through on the right and was very close to equalizing for the home side, but didn’t get the shot away. So far the offensive production of the host team in that period.
Alfredo Arias made three changes in the second half for a second half, looking for a better performance for his team: Andrés Colorado, Andrés Arroyo and Michell Ramos for Jhojan Valencia, Ángelo Rodríguez and Kevin Velasco.
Alianza advanced their lines and started to play correctly to approach the area of goalkeeper Amores. It didn’t look like the match between the league and the leader, because the truth is that the visitor played better.
Cali came back to score in the 40th minute in a cross from the right, but goalkeeper Serrano confirmed his big night saving in the center with a feline reaction.
In the last minute of the injury, Darwin Andrade hit a cross in search of the miracle and the goalkeeper Serrano tried to secure the ball, but hit his own fence. With this tie, Cali increased its advantage over Nacional, Tolima, Santa Fe and Medellín to 6 points.
On the ninth date of all against all, Cali will visit Medellín on Thursday, February 25 (20:10), while Alianza Petrolera will host Tolima on the same day (18:05).