Efraín Juárez half a step away from glory with Atlético Nacional

Efrain Juarez, Mexican coach of Atlético Nacional, put the Medellín squad on the path to glory towards the title of the Colombian League by drawing 1-1 with Deportivo Tolima in a close match played in the city of Ibagué, home of the team that hosted the red wines

Atlético Nacional was the first to hit in the duel with Dairon Asprilla’s goal in the 35th minute after his teammate Kevin Viveros had taken a tremendous shot that put the purslane team ahead.

The visitors comfortably controlled the first half between attempts to approach Tolima’s goal, a trend that was reversed in the first minutes of the second half. when the local eleven went with everything to the goal of the visiting eleven.

But things got complicated for the team led by the former Mexico national team player, World Cup winner in South Africa 2010, when they lost Sebastián Guzmán due to a double yellow card that complicated the existence of the visitors from the 65th minute onwards.

The numerical superiority brought its dividends for Tolima when the attacker Gustavo Ramírez crystallized the attack of his squad with a cross shot in the 75th minute to mark the tie and leaving the final open for the second leg.

Atlético Nacional wanted to play with the result and with those airs of superiority that the latest results have given them, such as the conquest of the Colombia Cup by beating América de Cali 3-1, now they could not sign another result with authority, remaining The celebrations of their 34th trophy in their history were contained due to this tie and that did not allow them to enjoy the victory over the Cali team.

Fight against violence

Unfortunately, the entire plethora of this final of the Colombian League had to be exclusive for the fans of Deportivo Tolima, since due to the violent events last Sunday in the game against América de Cali, A facial verification system has now been implemented to identify people involved in public order incidents.

The second leg of this duel will be played on Sunday at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellín. The champion will obtain a direct berth to the Copa Libertadores, in what would be a very important achievement in the career of the Aztec coach who has had to row against the current in Colombian soccer.

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