2023-06-05 12:51:32
Alianza Petrolera beat Deportivo Pasto 1-0 at the Daniel Villa Zapata stadium in a fierce match, a result that keeps the team of Hubert Bodhert as Group A leadertied on points with National.
The first minutes began with two dangerous chances for the team from Nariño, who tried on goal with a shot from Daniel Moreno on the right side, leaving the ball by very little. Minutes later and from the other profile it was Adrián Estacio the one who disturbed José Luis Chungasaving by a few meters.
Alianza rocked with a cross from the defender’s left flank Peter Franco, imposing on the header Freddy Florezfor what Diego Martínez will control the ball in the center of his goal without problems.
The Santander team couldn’t find the clarity to hurt a very well-placed Pasto that continued to have the main chances of danger.either. Chunga saved his goal once again with a direct free kick from Estacio, the local goalkeeper rejecting the ball at the corner kick at 33 minutes.
After 40 minutes, the local team was saved once again with a pass from the left side that left Edward López enabled and hand in hand with the goalkeeper, the winger defined with powerFlórez risking his life to send the ball to the corner kick.
Already in replacement time, the home team was looser, trying to do damage with multiple crosses, Freddy Flórez hunting the rebound in one of them and finishing off from the edge of the area at 45+3 minutes into the match.
A minute later Steven Rodríguez had the clearestin a great overflow of Edwin Torres by the left sector, centering so that the striker, alone in front of the rival goal, finished off with a deflected header.
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Same tonic in the second half
Pasto did not give up the attack for the start of the second half and at 48 minutes he was very close to taking the lead after a great collective play. which ended Darwin López with a right cross shot, losing the ball by very little over the right post of José Luis Chunga.
Águilas recovered the ball and warned again through centers to the area, one of them from the side Efraín Navarro looking for Luis Angulothe goalkeeper Martínez being very attentive to quickly go out to cut the pass with a punch.
But once again the visit warned, with a clear chance of scoring after 62 minutes, with a run by Edward López, who assisted Darwin Lopez, wasting the play only in front of goalkeeper Chunga, with a shot that went high over the crossbar.
Saldana dressed as a hero
Leonardo Saldaña found the key to the goal in a close game for Alianza Petrolera at 70 minutesa succession of touches in the area where after a bad clearance by a defender the ball ended up facing the goal at the wheel, finishing first with his left foot to beat Martínez.
Pasto took risks, but was not clear, being played on several occasions for the local counterattack, which could not end the game either. Billy Arce was very close to tying the game after a bad clearance by Pedro Francopicking up the ball in the area and finishing off just wide.
Alianza Petrolera leads Group A with 8 points and a goal difference of +3, one more than Nacional, with the same score and who will be facing next Monday. Pasto was very close to elimination with 3 points, and on Saturday they will host the eliminated Águilas Doradas.
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