2023-10-20 03:33:45
19/10/2023
The Mateca team took advantage of an error by Nacional in a stopped ball and another in a counterattack to beat the Antioquia team 2-0 and take advantage in the semifinal of the Betplay Cup.
Nacional, in its second game with Jhon Bodmer as coach, showed the same problems that it showed with Paulo Autuori and William Amaral. The young players were imprecise, especially in defense, and the most notable errors were shown by Edier Ocampo, who failed to score, and Juan José Arias who had a hard time adapting quickly to the match.
Precisely, the first Matecaña goal came in one of the deficiencies that Nacional has shown throughout the year and has not been able to correct: the set piece. The score occurred in the 11th minute when Arias lost the mark of Sebastián Quintero on a corner kick and then Aguirre, in an attempt to correct his teammate’s mistake, lost the jump so that Quintero could celebrate.
Coach Bodmer did not put Cristian Zapata, who had been much discussed after his performance in the classic against Medellín in the League, but this time Aguirre did not have the same finesse and did not provide security either. While behind Nacional evidenced all these problems, forward it did not find societies and depended, as usual, on individualities.
When he began to settle with the encouragement of his fans who were the majority in the stands of Hernán Ramírez Villegas, a silly expulsion came from Nelson Deossa. The midfielder hit an opponent in the face and after the referee checked the VAR he showed him the red card. That expulsion was at the end of the first half and for the complementary stage it was Bodmer’s turn to correct. He did it by taking out Juan Pablo Torres and sending Jhon Duque onto the field to free up other men in attack.
In this way, the Antioquia team became owners of the ball, but without the necessary depth to violate Aldair Quintana’s goal and risking quick exits from Pereira.
Even so, in the 82nd minute the purslane team had the clearest chance of tying, after a pass into the area by Pabón that was headed by Yair Mena and Quintana saved it with his face. However, towards the end, when the green team was playing on the attack, Yesus Cabrera made it 2-0 in favor of the local team, a result that leaves them with a good advantage in the key.
There is little that can be blamed on Nacional from the attitude in the second half, because they solved the underdog until Pereira also suffered the expulsion of Diego Hernández, but they did lack a lot of football and up to this point they still do not see the team’s seal of Bodmer, the one he himself said he was going to print.
Nacional lost an undefeated 8 games without losing to Pereira (the last defeat had been on November 24, 2021, 1-0). For now, the new coach has two coached matches and two defeats, but what worries him most is that his idea of the game is not far from what his predecessors had been presenting.
Now, Nacional will have to concentrate on trying to secure its classification among the eight in Tunja, on Sunday against Chico, and then will have the challenge, at the Atanasio, of reversing this 2-0 if it wants to play in a Betplay Cup final again.
Relive the minute by minute of this commitment here:
Minute 90: Yesús Cabrera makes it 2-0 in favor of Pereira, who gets a good advantage heading into the return leg at the Atanasio.
Minute 65: Nacional intends to go searching, but does so without clarity in attack. Pereira plays for the counterattack despite having an extra man.
Minute 60: Change in National. Jéfferson Duque leaves and Jayder Asprilla enters.
Minute 58: Pereira defends himself with the ball, preventing Nacional from harming him.
Minute 54: Shot by Samuel Velásquez that almost surprised goalkeeper Aldair Quintana who sent it to the corner kick.
Minute 54: Nacional raises the lines and leaves fewer men in defense, taking risks to seek the tie with 10 men.
Minute 49: Deflected shot by Dorlan Pabón after receiving a good change of front from Juan José Arias.
Minute 46: The second half begins and Jhon Duque entered Nacional and Juan Pablo Torres left.
Minute 45+6: The first half ends with a partial victory for Pereira, 1-0 over Nacional.
Minute 45+2: Nelson Deossa was sent off after hitting an opponent in the face that the referee reviewed in the VAR. Nacional is left with 10 men.
Minute 45: The first half ends with a partial victory for Pereira, 1-0 over Nacional.
Minute 43: The first half is ending and Nacional cannot find spaces to generate clear goal plays.
Minute 39: Tatay and Dorlan teamed up and almost got the tie.
Minute 38: Nacional’s attackers are uncomfortable and imprecise with the ball and the field. He still can’t find a way to match the shares.
Minute 30: Nacional begins to put Pereira in its own area, but does not create clear situations to tie the game.
Minute 26: Mier saves Nacional again after a free kick from Pereira in which the ball stung him.
23rd minute: Triple warning for Nacional: Robert Mejia, Edier Ocampo and Dorlan Pabon.
Minute 21: Shot by Medina del Pereira and Mier, with his feline reflexes, avoids the second goal against him.
Minute 20: The match turns back and forth due to Nacional’s need to tie and Pereira’s counterattack.
Minute 12: Nacional tries to react quickly and Juan Pablo Torres and Óscar Perea had two clear options to tie.
Minute 11: Goool!! of Pereira. After a corner kick, Sebastián Quintero headed in and left Kevin Mier with no options.
Minute 10: There is a lot of play in the middle of the field and there are inaccuracies in attack on both teams.
Minute 6: Samuel Velásquez and Jéfferson Duque came together, who finished off, but Aldair Quintana saved.
Minute 5: Neither team still owns the ball, both are in study minutes.
Minute 1: Nacional serves and begins the match against Pereira for the first leg semi-final of the Betplay Cup.
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