Datasheet:
America: Diego Novoa; Brayan Vera, Kevin Andrade, John Garcia, Esneyder Mena; Franco Leys, Luis Paz (Pedro Bravo 78′), Iago Falque (Luis Sánchez 71′), Andrés Sarmiento (Cristian Barrios 71′); Facundo Suárez (Daniel Mosquera 78′), Darwin Quintero (Daniel Quiñones 85′).
Coach: Alexandre Guimaraes.
Union Magdalena: Ramiro Sanchez; Jermein Peña, Ronaldo Lora (Carlos Rodríguez 46′), Brayan Carabalí, Jesús Cano (Joel Contreras 46′); Gianfranco Baier, Jairo Palomino, Gonzalo Lucero (Brayan Correa 86′), Jean Carlos Colorado, Fabián Cantillo (Yamil Romero 66′); Isaac Camargo.
Coach: Claudio Rodriguez.
goals: 1-0 Min 6 Facundo Suarez; 2-0 Min 24 Andrés Sarmiento; 3-0 Min 54 Iago Falque; 4-0 Min 76 Cristian Barrios.
reprimanded: Ronaldo Lora (Unión), Brayan Carabalí (Unión), Gianfranco Baier (Unión), Kevin Andrade (America).
Key moments:
6′ Goal for America! Facundo Suárez received a pass from Darwin Quintero, finished off inside the area, the ball crashed off the crossbar and went into the back of the net.
17′ Wrong penalty! The referee considered a penalty for a hand from Paz. Carabalí was in charge of collecting, but he hit it very badly and sent the ball into the clouds.
24′ Goal of America! Great collective play that ended in a shot by Quintero, Sánchez left the rebound and there Sarmiento headed with the already beaten goalkeeper.
54′ Goal of America! Iago Falque scored a great goal from a free kick. Left-footed bombing, impossible for the goalkeeper. To frame!
76′ Goal for America! Play that was born from a counterattack and ended in a pass from Quintero to Barrios, who was left with the goal at his disposal and sealed the ‘scarlet’ victory.
Development of the match:
América got its first win in the BetPlay League 2023-I and in what way… It won, it thrashed and it was liked. The ‘scarlet’ team beat Unión Magdalena 4-0 on a night in which Iago Falque scored a great goal.
The ‘scarlets’ were superior throughout the 90 minutes. They opened the scoring with an early goal, the work of Facundo Suárez.
At minute 17, the ‘cyclone’ had the opportunity to equalize from the penalty spot, but Brayan Carabalí missed from the 12 steps and as the one who does not see them do it, that’s how it happened to the visiting team, because 7 minutes later the second goal for the local through Andrés Sarmiento.
In the second half, América continued as the team of ideas and played good football, they not only took advantage of mistakes, but also understood each other very well when making plays. At minute 54, Iago Falque reported himself with a great goal from a free kick and later, after a great collective play, Cristian Barrios appeared to seal the resounding ‘scarlet’ victory.
With this result, the ‘red devils’ added 3 points and on the third day they will visit Pasto, while Unión Magdalena, with the same units, will receive Envigado.