Deportes Tolima rescues a point in his visit to Independiente del Valle for the Conmebol Libertadores

The fall against Atlético Mineiro at Manuel Murilo Toro forced Deportes Tolima to get a good result in their visit to Independiente del Valle de Ecuador, which had come from achieving an important visitor win over América de Mineiro.

Those led by Renato Paiva wanted to take advantage of the draw between Galo and America to take the lead in Group D and have a perfect score in their first two outings at Conmebol Libertadores.

In the first minutes, the Ecuadorian team suffocated the eleventh Pijao by the bands, which had it not been for the interventions of Alexander Domínguez, would have marked a different story.

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Vinotinto y oro opened the score in their first approach to the 15 minutes of play through Jeison Lucumi, who made a diagonal and took a violent shot from the right leg unstoppable for Moisés Ramírez.

At 16 minutes, Independiente del Valle was close to equality after a right-wing shot by Junior Sornoza, which left Alexander Dominguez static, but the football passed inches from the left post.

Again, Negriazul approached Domínguez's lair with danger, after a right-wing shot by Pedro Perlaza that was half controlled by Tolima's goalkeeper but the defensive saga cleared the danger from his area.

Over the 41 minutes, Deportes Tolima would increase the score thanks to Anderson Plata, who received a pass from Paraguayan Gustavo Ramírez, to define right wing with an internal edge, bathing the goalkeeper of Independiente del Valle who had nothing to do.

At one end, José Moya fouled Jonatan Bauman on the edge of the box, for which he received the second warning in the match, which resulted in his expulsion leaving the Colombian team with one less man.

For the second half, Renato Paiva sent Jaime Ayoví to the field by Johanner Chavéz to take advantage of the extra man and narrow the difference on the scoreboard.

The pressure exerted by Independiente del Valle took effect after a play by Pedro Perlaza on the left side that left for Jonathan Bauman, who intelligently assisted Junior Sornoza who stopped on the left and on the right made it 2-1.

Captain Cristián Pellerano missed the draw after arriving without any reference to Domínguez's goal but the Argentinian's shot went astray after Billy Arce's cross.

In the 88 minutes, the draw for Independiente del Valle would come after a hand inside the area of Junior Hernández, who was in charge of changing for goal Júnior Sornoza with a right shot that Domínguez could not contain.

With this result, Tolima is third in Group D with one point while Mineiro and Independiente del Valle have four units.

Deportes Tolima's next start for Conmebol Libertadores will be as a visitor to América Mineiro on Wednesday, April 27.

For the 16th date of the Dimayor Betplay League, Pijao will host Deportivo Pasto in its stadium, it should be noted that Tolima is already qualified for the final home runs.

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