Deportivo Cali became the first finalist of the Betplay League 2021-II after defeating Junior de Barranquilla 2-0 on the fifth date of the semifinal home runs at the Palmaseca stadium. The scorers for the sugar team were Harold Preciado and Daniel Luna to add 13 points in the group A leaderboard.
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The game started very intense and in the first minutes of play some approaches were achieved on the rival goals, which gave good feelings to the team. hundreds of fans who came to the Palmaseca stadium.
It had not yet reached minute 2 of the game when Junior from Barranquilla warned with a mid-distance shot crossed with the player Marlon Piedrahita from the side right that would be key to the attack of the visiting team.
A minute later Deportivo Cali managed an approach with the player John Vásquez also a cross shot, but this time the ball passed much further from the Sebastián Viera’s goal that had no major complications.
After a very physical start, the game was falling in performance and fouls appeared especially in the center of the field, which generated the decrease in the rhythm of competition that was had in the game.
However, when Junior was better, the central Wilmar Roldán decreed a maximum penalty for a hand from the defender Danny Rosero and the forward Harold Preciado on the 25 of the game converted into a goal for the sugar bowls after an inside edge finish on the right leg.
Jhon Vásquez had a new option to increase the advantage with an arrival on the right side of the field, but after leaving the mark of two defenders of the Junior took a shot that brushed the end line of the goal.
In the second half, Junior came out with a more offensive proposal and with the leading role of jPlayers like Martínez Borja and Edwin Cetré They got much more mobility to the ball in the Cali area, although without much force.
Also because in the midst of the Barranquilla team’s concern to open the scoring, fouls appeared in the center of the field and the game turned without goal arrivals and the warnings appeared for both squads that wanted to be protagonists in this duel of the fifth date of the home runs.
On minute 79 of the game, after a quick exit from goalkeeper De Amores, Deportivo Cali player Andrés Colorado enabled Daniel Luna who with a cross shot from the right side He got 2-0 in the game and qualification for the grand final of the second half of 2021.
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With this result, In the absence of a date for the semifinal home runs, Deportivo Cali becomes the first runner-up in the second half of 2021 and after four years returns to a new final in Colombian soccer.
