Alberto Gamero's team is in the capital of Antioquia today to face Deportivo Independiente Medellín, for matchday 12 of the BetPlay League Apertura Tournament. The team comes from beating Once Caldas by the slightest difference, with Daniel Ruíz's score, and already has 26 points. For his part, the Poderoso also won his last game against América de Cali, as a visitor, and is in seventh place.
Beyond this, the present of both sets is different. The visitors will seek to extend their winning streak and the locals aspire to place fourth in the table. The albiazules rebounded from their elimination from the Copa Libertadores against Fluminense and have continued to score points in the league. There are six since their departure from the continental tournament, won against Independiente Santa Fe and the aforementioned Once Caldas. They seek to get more points to establish themselves as leaders and be the first to qualify for the final home runs.
Gamero pointed out at a press conference the virtues that the rival team has line by line and was emphatic that high pressure will be important to stop the fast starts by the band that Medellín usually undertakes. He assured that his team will not give up its style and will seek to prevail in the dominance of the ball and possession. You will not be able to count on goalkeeper Álvaro Montero or defender Juan Pablo Vargas, who have been called up by his teams for this knockout date. The first will be with Colombia and the second will be with Costa Rica. Instead, Juan Moreno and José Cuenú may appear.
The return of David Macalister Silva will allow the team to regain the mobility they lost in the previous match, but they will not yet be able to count on Andrés Felipe Román, who has not yet resolved his contractual situation, or Ómar Bertel, who is still recovering from his injury. The possible lineup of Millionaires would be this:
Juan Moreno; Andrés Murillo, Andres Llinas, Jose Cuenu, Elvis Perlaza; Stiven Vega, Larry Vasquez, Daniel Ruiz, David Silva, Eduardo Sosa and Diego Herazo.
Medellin could form like this:
Andres Mosquera Marmolejo; Juan Guillermo Arboleda, Victor Moreno, Andres Cadavid, German Gutierrez; David Loaiza, Javier Mendez, Jean Pineda, Andres Ricaurte, Juan David Mosquera; Diber Cambindo.
Antioquia's red team fell in just one of their last 14 home matches in the First Division to Millonarios (six wins, seven draws). The last match ended goalless.
The team led by Julio Comesaña will not be able to count on Adrián Arregui due to accumulation of yellow cards, nor Vladimir Hernández, due to physical discomfort. Same case of Luciano Pons. The Antioquian team does not add any draw after the 11 games played so far in the league. That's six wins and five losses for them. The IMD could chain six home wins for the first time since mid-2016. This will be a tough test for both teams, each coming with different motivations and they hope to defend them.
The match will start at 8:15 p.m. at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium and will be broadcast on Win Sports.
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