Sports Pereira was measured before National Athletic at the start of the date 9 of the betplay league. The matecaña team was looking to recover ground and be among the first eight classifieds, but the paisas ended up prevailing by 2-0.
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Those led by Alejandro Restrepo They came to this match after units in the tournament and were in tenth position in the standings. The eleventh from Risaraldense needed to add to climb the table and have a cushion of points before the start of the Libertadores Cup.
On the side of the set led by Paulo Cesar Authori, the reality was a little different. The paisas had 13 units and with the victory they reached the partial leadership of the local championship.
The match started with the Antioquians at a better level of play. Nine minutes into the engagement, the purslane box took the lead. Jarlan Barrera received a pass from John Elmer Solis and shot against the bow of Aldair Quintana to put the 1-0.
After a few quite dynamic first minutes, the engagement began to be quite monotonous. Nacional processed the game and Pereira could not find the signature to approach the goal defended by Kevin Mier.
At minute 80, Jefferson Duke He managed to put the second goal of the match. The forward of the Antioquia team took advantage of a great play against and sealed the victory of the visitors.
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with this result Nacional reached the tournament lead with 16 points. Pereira, for his part, remains at 10 units outside the group of eight.
