The Colombian-Armenian winger Jordy Monroy and the scorer Diber Changing they scored the goals with which the Deportivo Independiente Medellin (DIM) won 2-1 at The National and got his pass to Phase 3 of the Libertadores Cup, in which he will play against the winner of the series between Magellan and Always Ready.
The Mighty One, led by David Gonzalezwas subdued in the first half by the Paraguayan team Ever Hugo Almeida, but in the complementary stage he managed to overcome his rival, with whom he drew 2-2 in the first leg played in quit.
However, there was a scare when, with three minutes to go, the winger Jerry Parrales He discounted and fed the illusion of his team, which, however, was not enough to qualify.
Despite being away from home, the visitors took control of the game from the first minutes and had their first goal chance in the 6th minute with a header from the central defender Jhonnier Chala that passed over the goal of Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo.
The Ecuadorian team continued to attack an out-of-place rival, in which the midfielder Andrés Ricaurte and the wingers weighed little. Felipe Pardo and Ever Valencia, the calls to create football.
This is how the clear opportunities of El Nacional arrived with shots from the midfielder Madison Julio and Parrales who were caught by Mosquera Marmolejowho began to become the figure of the party.
However, the clearest of the initial stage reached 41 and it was for the DIM in a free kick play in which Ricaurte sent a cross that the center-back headed first Andres Cadavid and then Monroy, who crashed the ball into the right post of David Cabezas.
For the complementary stage, the hosts balanced the charges and the game was played back and forth, opportunities appeared in both goals.
The best of the Colombians came in a play in which the winger Brown took advantage of a bad clearance from the side Brayan Nazarene and, without dropping the ball, he took a left-footed shot from medium distance that Cabezas saved.
In this context, it was 1-0 in a great play in which the Argentine striker Luciano Pons held the ball after a long pass and enabled Monroy, who entered the area and with a right-footed shot he beat the visiting goalkeeper at 66.
The host team continued to attack and got the final 2-0 six minutes after the execution of a free kick by Ricaurte who crossed over Cambindo, who had been on the field for five minutes and who headed to make the fans who attended the stadium celebrate the goal Atanasio Girardot.
The Nationalwho faded after the two goals, suffered another setback when the center-back Andres Micolta he kicked Pardo and was sent off by Brazilian referee Raphael Claus.
In the end, in minute 92, the winger vines he took advantage of a bad clearance from a corner kick to send the ball into the back of the net, although that did not reach the Ecuadorians who were left out of the continental tournament.
The DIM withstood the onslaught at the last minute and now expects a rival between Magellan and Always Ready, a series that the Chileans win 3-0 and that will be defined on Thursday in Bolivia.
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