America and Cali shared the points at Pascual Guerrero for the Dimayor Betplay League

A needy duel that América de Cali and Deportivo Cali had in the 296 version of the Vallecaucano classic for the 16th date of the Dimayor Betplay League at Pascual Guerrero, as both teams struggle to continue with options to get into the eight.

Before the initial whistle, a tribute was paid to the former player of the Colombian national team, Freddy Rincón, who died last Wednesday, April 13 after suffering a traffic accident days earlier in the capital of Vallecaucana.

The Scarlet team came from falling 2-0 last day against Atlético Nacional at Atanasio Girardot, while Deportivo Cali equalized at home to a goal against Junior and during the week he fell on a visit to Corinthians for the Conmebol Libertadores.

In addition, this match was the official debut of Alexandre Guimarães on the American bench and what better than achieving three points against those led by Rafael Dudamel.

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In the first minutes, the game was installed in the middle of the field without an absolute dominator; however, in the 7 minutes the Sugar Trees approached through a cross Michael Ortega that led Jorge Marsiglia, but Joel Graterol sent the ball to the corner.

The clearest option of the match came in 31 minutes when the match's referee Diego León Escalante, after reviewing the VAR, decreed a maximum penalty after a foul by Brayan Medina on Michael Ortega. The one in charge of executing from the twelve steps was midfielder Daniel Luna, who crashed the football on the left post of Graterol.

At 41′ of play, the scarlet squad had an approach after a triangulation between Adrián Ramos, Carlos Sierra and Alejandro Quintana, which the Argentine crossed the floor, but did not find a recipient to put it in the back of the net.

For the second half, Deportivo Cali proposed a more direct game while Alexandre Guimarães moved the substitute bench with the entry of Luis Sánchez by Larry Angulo to have more presence in the midfield.

In 64 minutes, Adrián Ramos tried with a mid-distance shot that passed through the left pole of Uruguayan goalkeeper Guillermo De Amores.

Five minutes later, the first of the match would come after a long pass by Edgar Camargo for Teófilo Gutiérrez who took advantage of Didier Mina's mistake to define the right wing and open the contest at Pascual Guerrero.

After 73 minutes elapsed, the judge blew a penalty in favor of America after a hand inside the area of Agustín Vuletich, after a header by Carlos Sierra. The play was revised by the VAR, and finally Adrián Ramos took the right peak to put the 1-1 over the 78 of the game.

With this tie, América de Cali will have to win the remaining four matches in the league and will have to start next match against Jaguares de Córdoba in Monteria. Currently, the Red Devils occupy the fourteenth position with 19 points to four from the eighth that is Envigado.

For its part, Cali has no chance of qualifying for the final Quadrangulars and will play midweek for the round of 16 of the Copa Colombia against Fortaleza.

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