América de Cali could not defeat Deportivo Pasto at the Pascual Guerrero de Cali and only ended up drawing 0-0 for matchday 17 of the Colombian League 2024-I. The equality left the Scarlets in a very bad position, the team had been in the group of eight in recent weeks and now with two days left until the end of the ‘All against all’ they were in tenth place.
The goalless draw left América with 24 points, while Deportivo Pasto, already eliminated, has 16 points. The Scarlets will now have to recompose their path when they first visit Once Caldas and then Independiente Santa Fe.
The best of America in the game was seen in the first half, where he had different options to score. Edwin Cardona tried it from mid-range and his shot just missed goalkeeper Martínez’s left vertical, then the midfielder in another play did send it to the back of the net, but the action was annulled for being offside after a header from Cristian Barrios.
Not only did Cardona have it in the first half, the Americans were superior and had two options with headers from Rodrigo Holgado, another header from Castrillón and a powerful shot from Valencia that made goalkeeper Diego Martínez appear. During the first 45 minutes, Deportivo Pasto only showed up with a deflected shot from Mafla and a shot from Israel Alba.
In the second half, America continued with possession of the ball, but this time there were not so many options. The clearest was for Holgado just after the restart. The Argentine finished with a volley inside the area and the ball went wide by centimeters.
Cristian Barrios, who was the most insistent in America throughout the meeting, intimidated Pasto with a clear arrival, but in the one-on-one, goalkeeper Martínez kept the ball, bailing well. Barrios himself made it clear to Palacios on the edge of the area and the American defender finished by sending it wide. Then again Barrios entered the area and in a play that ended on the floor the referee whistled a penalty, however, after reviewing the action in the VAR, the judge changed the decision.
Deportivo Pasto tried some counterattacks and it was Arrieta who tested Graterol with a strong and low shot.
At the end Daniel Bocanegra had the opportunity to score, the defender took a free kick, but the ball did not go directly to the goal, Velasco was another who could have opened the scoring in the 90th minute but his header went deflected after a free kick taken by Zapata. In the agony of the match Carabalí sent it to the back at Pasto’s own goal, but the judge annulled the play due to a previous foul by Adrián Ramos on Nicolás Gil.
