For the ninth round of the BetPlay Women’s League, Santa Fe won 2-0 in El Campín against a Medellín that from the 64th minute played with one less due to the expulsion of Fisgativa. The Lionesses showed their best local version so far in the tournament. The next date will be a classic against Millonarios as visitors. It would be Saturday, May 3, at a time to be determined.
Nelly Córdoba and Andrea Pérez advance the Lionesses
At the start, possession was divided, with no clear dominator. Medellín, with its pressure, made the departure from Santa Fe uncomfortable and forced errors. Estefanía González was the first to try with a mid-range shot that went over the crossbar.
The Leonas responded with a great play that was forged in their own field on the right sector with Sophia Posada, who passed it to Nelly Córdoba and then received it in the area Isabella Díaz, who took a powerful shot that ended in a corner kick. After the payment, María Camila Reyes appeared to take it to Córdoba, https://twitter.com/LeonasSantaFe/status/1784286162619691335
Medellín provoked a couple of options in search of a tie, but found a defense well stopped, in addition to the inaccuracy of its players when finishing the plays. In 30 minutes, Yessica Velásquez had a quiet game.
Santa Fe went much deeper on the right sector with Sophia Posada, always attacking the back of Valeria Tangarife. When she sought to partner with Nelly, they managed to gain ground, despite the brand they had in the lead with Anlly Iglesias. At 38′ Medellín had it with a header from Ana Fisgativa that went just wide. 5 minutes later and again with a header, Viviana Múnera appeared to demand that Yessica avoided the tie. https://twitter.com/LeonasSantaFe/status/1784293123360780533
Santa Fe manages the result and wins at home
Omar made changes to start the second half. Nikol Rojas and Lizeth Aroca entered for Isabella Díaz and Sophia Posada. Medellín came out with the same team and in five minutes had two clear ones, but they continued to fail when defining, the clearest was Maria Hurtado, who miscalculated and could not finish when he was in front of the goal after a cross pass.
At 56 ‘they annulled a goal play by Córdoba due to a doubtful misplacement by the forward. Medellín neglected its back a lot when attacking and with passes into space, the Lionesses tried to increase the advantage. The visit was left with 10 players after the expulsion of Fisgativa for a hard foul on Nikol entering the area. Maria Camila charged and Zárraga sent her to the corner kick.
In 70 minutes, Santa Fe controlled the game and the ball. DIM seemed out of breath and with one less it was more difficult for them to cover the width of the field. However, they kept their lines forward to also prevent the locals from playing in space. The visitors had more desire than ideas, but in the end it was not enough and with this defeat they left the eight. Meanwhile, the Lionesses entered with 14 points, the product of 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
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