Nacional received Envigado on the night of this Monday, October 14, in a commitment valid for matchday 14 of the Betplay II-2024 League. The ‘purslane’ team took the three points by beating the ‘oranges’ 2-1 with scores from Alfredo Morelos. The Córdoba striker was the great figure of the match.
It was a duel in an Atanasio Girardot stadium without an audience in which everything happened: goals were disallowed from both sides due to offside, and Envigado’s goalkeeper, Rubén Escobar, saved a penalty from Yuber Asprilla that could have increased the score. for those led by the Mexican coach, Efraín Juárez.
In the first half, the ‘purslane’ team had a better disposition on the playing field, controlling the pace of the match and thanks to this they managed to quickly open the scoring, in the 11th minute, through Alfredo Morelos. The man from Cereté was attentive to ‘hunt’ the rebound.
As the minutes passed, Nacional created other chances to increase the score, but failed in the last quarter of the field. Edwin Cardona had a couple of attempts at the dead ball.
For its part, Envigado, before the ‘curtain’ closed the first half, managed to achieve parity. Simón García Valero finished putting the ball into his own goal.
For the complementary part, Nacional managed to score 2-1 and again the scorer of the goal was Morelos Avilez. Some time later, the former Scottish Rangers himself ordered the ball to be saved, but the lineman raised the flag. Envigado also had a goal disallowed for offside. There were protests in the ‘oranges’.
At minute 88, the green paisa had the chance to increase the score after Dairon Asprilla was knocked down in the area by Didier Palacios. The victim himself stood in front of the ball, but Rubén Escobar stopped him from charging from the white spot.