Sports Tolima let the lead slip away and ended up drawing 2-2 on their visit to Valley Independent in a match on the second date of the Conmebol Libertadores Cup.
Anderson Plata and Jeisson Lucumi scored by the Colombians. Junior Sornoza by Ecuadorians.
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In the first time, Sports Tolima was effective and took two goals ahead, while Valley Independent he tried to score, but ran into goalkeeper Alexander Domínguez, who saved the Colombian team.
At minute 14, the ‘pijao’ team scored through Jesson Lucumi. The winger overflowed down the wing until he made a diagonal into the area where he surprised with a shot that went into the back of the net.
Independiente del Valle continued the attack, but shots from Lorennzo Faravelli, Junior Sornoza and Nicolás Previtali were deflected or saved by Alexander Domínguez.
Tolima struck another blow in the 40th minute. Daniel Cataño made a pass behind the defenders that was taken advantage of by Anderson Plata. The striker defined with a lob over the Ecuadorian goalkeeper to make it 2-0.
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In the second half, Independiente del Valle attacked the ‘red wine’ goal until they found the discount in the 52nd minute through Junior Sornoza.
Throughout the complementary part, the game took place on the Tolima Sports ground, which fell back close to its goal and allowed the Ecuadorian team to generate risky actions.
Valley Independent He equalized in the 89th minute through a penalty that Junior Sornoza executed and converted.
With this result, Tolima was left with a point in its group and the Ecuadorian team reached four.
