Millonarios and Pereira faced each other for the second date of group A of the BetPlay League quadrangular in El Campín. It was a blue victory (1-0).
Photo: Óscar Pérez
With the hope of getting into the final, Deportivo Pereira and Millonarios will meet this Saturday at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas for date 5 of Group A of the BetPlay League home runs. The Matecañas lead the area, while the Blues are last.
In this home run everyone is alive and any mistake will have a very high cost. Both Leonel Álvarez, Pereirano strategist, and Alberto Gamero, ambassador helmsman, know this. Both coaches know the environment very well and have several titles in Colombian football.
Pereira has just gotten four points after his two duels against Junior. They achieved a surprise victory in Barranquilla and drew goalless on their home soil. Millonarios suffered a tough defeat at home against Bucaramanga and got a point on their visit to Santander soil.
Just three points separate the Albiazules from the Matecañas leaders, who will seek victory to get into the final, just as they did in 2022, when they won the first official title in their history. They trust Carlos Darwin Quintero and Andrés Ibargüen to achieve it.
Gamero hopes to get the best out of his roster and fortunately he will once again have Santiago Giordana, who recovered from his injury and will be available for the duel against the Pereira team. The Argentine forward traveled with the group to Risaralda.
Once this duel concludes, Junior and Atlético Bucaramanga will meet at the Metropolitano de Barranquilla. There is still a lot of fabric to be cut in Group A of the BetPlay League semi-final home runs.
Time and where to watch the duel between Pereira and Millonarios
Date: Saturday April 25
Hour: 5:00 pm (Colombian time)
Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas (Pereira)
Channel: Win Sports+
The situation in the other quadrangular
After beating Once Caldas on Thursday night, Independiente Santa Fe increased its chances of qualifying for the final of the BetPlay League. It is still too early to claim victory, but the eleventh cardinal depends on himself to get into the title series.
The lion leads Group B of the home runs with 10 points, three more than Tolima, its closest pursuer in the table. Once Caldas, which still has a chance to qualify, is third with five points and this Sunday (7:15 pm) its life is at stake against the pijao team.
Santa Fe will host Equidad from 5:00 pm, already eliminated, with the possibility of qualifying for the final of the BetPlay League. To get into the next round, those led by Pablo Peirano need to beat the insurance team and for the eleventh team from Tolima not to win in Manizales to achieve an early ticket.
A victory for Tolima would mean that the finalist will be decided on the last date, at the Manuel Murillo Toro in Ibagué. It should be remembered that in the event that albirrojos and vinotintos tie on points, the latter would advance to the round as they have the benefit of the invisible point.
