On the last day of group A, Independiente Medellín received a visit from Always Ready from Bolivia. The Antioquia team needed to win to secure first place and move directly into the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana.
Alfredo Arias’ squad took control of the ball, generating some approaches; however, It was the visitor who gave the first warning after a one-on-one between Da Silva and Chauxwhich fortunately did not end in a goal for the Powerful of the mountain.
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The Brazilian team continued to hurt DIM with balls behind the backs of their defenders, who struggled thanks to the power of Wesley Da Silva, the most important man in Always Ready’s attack.
Around 18 minutes, Flabio Torres’ eleventh goal once again worried Eder Chaux’s goal, who controlled Héctor Cuellar’s shot without any problems.
Independiente Medellín responded three minutes later with a shot from Pablo Lima, which was their first dangerous approach in the Always Ready area.
At 24 into the game, Medellín had the clearest situation of the game after a play from the right that ended at the feet of Brayan Muñozwho failed incredibly with the goal at his disposal when the Bolivian goalkeeper was playing by sending the ball over the goal.
Brayan León Muñiz tried in the 31st minute with a shot, which had a phenomenal intervention from Alain Baroja, which prevented the celebration of the former Junior from Barranquilla, who was taking a leading role in the match.
In addition to the dominance of the People’s Team, the match was marked by some friction that led to reprimands for Brayan León of Medellín, while Luis Caicedo, José Carabalí, Wesley Da Silva saw the yellow card for the entire highland team.
At the beginning of the complementary part the goals would arrive. At 47 of the game, Mender García opened the scoring for DIMwho after a corner kick finished off with his left foot to put his team ahead.
The still ball would once again be Medellín’s best ally, and after a foul by Monsalve, José Ortiz won in the air. but Baroja, in his attempt to clear the ball, ended up putting it into his own goal around 53 minutes.
Two minutes later, Brayan León Muñiz, who had a very clear goal in the first half, scored the third goal for Rojo de la Montaña after a rejection by the rival sagawhich the former Deportivo Pereira scored with a right-footed shot inside the area.
The visit was close to injury time in the 60th minute with a shot by Diego Medina, which featured the timely intervention of José Ortiz. Medellín responded with a counter that could have been the fourth if not for the stick that prevented Mender García from celebrating.
As the minutes passed, Medellín’s fourth goal seemed closer than Always Ready’s discount, which although it had dangerous approaches, failed to capitalize on them.
The cherry on the cake was by Yairo Moreno, who entered at 65 by Jhon Vásquez. The former Pachuca and León from Mexico scored a great left-footed goal after leaving several rivals in the way.
Trainings:
Independent Medellín: Eder Chaux Luis Orejuela, Fainer Torijano, José Ortiz, Leyser Cheverra; Manuel Monsalve, Pablo Lima, Jaime Arboleda, Jhon Vásquez; Mender Garcia, Brayan León.
Coach: Alfredo Arias
Always Ready: Alain Baroja; Diego Medina, Pablo Vaca, Luis Caicedo, Marcelo Suárez, José Carabalí, Robson Matheus, Héctor Cuellar, Adalid Terrazas; Darlison Rodríguez, Wesley da Silva.
Coach: Flabio Torres.
