Deportivo Cali was beaten at his stadium by a B team

The surprise of the cup night was recorded in Palmira, as the reigning Colombian football champion fell to the second in the minor division of national football. Deportivo Cali was looking to raise its head in the national tournaments, however, the stone in the shoe was put by Fortaleza CEIF, as the Bogotá club showed its prominence with a resounding victory as a visitor, the green-and-white fan also showed their indignation by calling the result a “shame”.

Cali used a mixed roster for this match, because they wanted to use several players who are not continuous in the squad, however, there was a prevalence in a base of green-and-white talents. Despite the fact that in the roles the sugar team was configured as the resounding winner 'fortica' he knew how to take advantage of his opponent's mistakes and send them all to the net.

For their part, those led by Nelson 'Rolo' Flórez did not skimp on using their main chips, as they demonstrated an orderly and penetrating game, a situation that puzzled the rival team and allowed them to go up on the scoreboard. The payroll put on the pitch was no different than what he normally frequents in the second division of Colombian professional football.

In this case, the capital's goals were scored by Kevin Aladesanmi, Jaime Alvarado and Adrian Parra, while the only goal of the 'Glorioso' was scored by San Andres Angelo Rodríguez. The absence of Teófilo Gutiérrez from the start and some benchmarks of attack was notorious, because despite the fact that Kevin Velasco tried to lead the team's strings, it was well reduced by the Bogota team.

Regarding this defeat, there were pronouncements by Teófilo Gutiérrez and technical assistant Marcos Mathias, who assumed responsibility and acknowledged the good game of Fortaleza CEIF, in the same way, they explained that they hope to improve conditions in the next meeting, when they visit Bogotá.

Teo pointed out that Cali had a good game, but considered that the rival's insistence was strong on the result, regarding this, he said: “It's rare to talk about what happened, I think we have to follow the path that shows us that this team is always ready to fight until the end, I think that today the teammates did very well, I believe in my teammates until death; they are technically very good players, some things that they have to learn in training and it depends on the baggage of the matches.”

It is important to note that this opportunity Rafael Dudamel did not lead the match, as he is sanctioned after the controversial statements he made last year in the match against Nacional for this same tournament, where he spoke of benefits to the team and used a Tablet as an instrument to explain the controversy situations that would have allegedly benefited the Paisa team, which became champion of the previous edition.

In turn, 'Teo' declared that the team's focus was on the Copa Conmebol Libertadores, a tournament where they lead the table of their group with three points and expect to face Bolivia's Always Ready next week, regarding the issue, the Barranquillero said: “All the effort will be reflected in the Copa Libertadores, it is a tournament in which we we are very much on track, in which we want to be protagonists, then the key to this cup is open, we know that we have to make twice the effort and we are going to do it, because it is a team that is very mature and we hope to pass this phase with God's help”.

The second leg will be played on May 11 in Bogotá, Deportivo Cali will have to score more than two goals to qualify, while Fortaleza CEIF will look for the solidity that will allow him to dream of a new cup phase.

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