Alianza Petrolera, Deportivo Cali, Envigado, Jaguares, Atlético Bucaramanga, America de Cali, Independiente Santa Fe and Independiente Medellín They will fight this Sunday, on the last day of the regular phase of the Colombian league, to secure one of the three places in the semifinal home runs.
Justly Alianza Petrolera y Deportivo Cali, who occupy sixth and seventh places with 30 points, will face each other and seek to ratify themselves among those classified, since a draw is enough for both and even losing their chances of passing the round are high because they have much better goal difference than their rivals.
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Meanwhile, Independiente Santa Fe and Independiente Medellín, who will play with Águilas Doradas in Bogotá and with Deportivo Pasto as a visitor, respectively, are the ones with the fewest options since to qualify they need Envigado, Jaguares, Atlético Bucaramanga and América de Cali don’t.
The great challenge of Juan Carlos Osorio
The main challenge of the day will be the America from Cali, who will visit Deportivo Pereira, he is eleventh with 26 points and to qualify he needs Envigado, Jaguares and Atlético Bucaramanga not to win.
The game is important for the ‘Red Devils’ because continuity on the bench depends on what happens in this duel. Juan Carlos Osorio, former coach of Mexico and Paraguay.
“The feelings are very positive, we want to obtain the three points and go to fight that small option that we have to qualify, “said Diego Novoa, who rotates in the goal of the ‘Red Devils’ with the Venezuelan Joel Graterol.
Pereira, who is already classified, will seek victory since continuing to add will allow him to get closer to the dream of playing the South American Cup in 2022.
Envigado, the main option to classify
El Envigado will receive Athletic Huila -which is already down and also occupies the last place in the table with seven points, the product of a victory, four draws and 14 defeats– with the clearest option to classify, since it depends on himself to get the quota for the home runs.
The main letters of the team ‘Naranja’ are the youth Yaser Asprilla and Jhon Durán, 18 and 17 years old, respectively, who have stood out as two of the main promises of the Colombian league in this championship.
Meanwhile Jaguares, who is ninth, will visit Patriotas, who has already been eliminated and saved the category last week, while Bucaramanga, led by the Argentine Nestor Craviotto, will seek their classification in Bogotá against La Equidad, another team that does not have opportunities to qualify either.
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One of the highlights of the day, although it does not define anything, will be starred in the Atlético Nacional and Millionaires, first and second, that they will face each other with their sights set on closing in the best way the regular phase in which both have been at the top of the table from the beginning.
In addition to the ‘Verdolagas’ and the ‘Ambassadors’, they are already classified to the home runs on Deportivo Pereira, Deportes Tolima and Junior.
Matches of the last day:
Atlético Nacional-Millonarios, Deportivo Pasto-Independiente Medellín, Patriotas-Jaguares, Envigado-Atlético Huila, Deportivo Cali-Once Caldas, Deportes Tolima-Deportes Quindío, La Equidad-Atlético Bucaramanga, Deportivo Pereira-América de Cali, Alianza Petrolera-Junior and Independent Santa Fe-Águilas Doradas.
