Julián Andrés Santa
The nights of football and excitement returned to Hernán Ramírez Villegas with Deportivo Pereira, which yesterday debuted in the first half of the Colombian League against Deportivo Cali in an attractive match that ended in a 2-2 tie with four great goals. Faber Gil and Yeison Suárez scored for Matecaña in Leonel Álvarez’s debut on the technical bench of the Risaral team.
More than 20 thousand fans present
The party last night was total with more than 20 thousand red and yellow fans present in the stadium and once again at the formal events in Lobo Sur Pereira they received the team with a spectacular tifo in tribute to the returns of Carlos Darwin Quintero, Juan David Ríos and Leonel Alvarez.
Darwin’s magic intact
One of the great expectations of the Pereira fans was to see Carlos Darwin Quintero again with the Deportivo Pereira shirt after 15 years and the ‘scientist’ once again delighted the public with his talent and magic with the ball, being one of the most outstanding in court.
Night of great goals
Both the two scores by Matecañas and those by Deportivo Cali were great goals with great virtue from their finishers. The visitors went ahead on the scoreboard and minutes later the locals would make it 1-1 with a great pirouette in the area by Faber Gil that opened with a goal. Pereira would turn the score around with another nice finish, this time from Yeison Suárez and finally in replacement the final score was 2-2.
Good image of the youth
In his first starting roster of the semester, the Antioquia coach Leonel Álvarez used two youth players in the eleven: Nicolás Rengifo in the middle of the field, accomplished and with great support in marking and in the front of attack Alejandro Álvarez, fighter, face-to-face and who had a clear one after assistance from Darwin. When he was replaced, both were applauded by the fans.
Likewise, in the complementary part, Luis David González would arrive on the playing field, thus having a great opportunity for the youth players in the team’s debut for the first round of the Colombian League.
Piedrahita, high level
The public applauded another of the young people who has been consolidating the team, Alejandro Piedrahíta, with great performance last night, at times starting from behind to give the team a start, managing the rhythms and connecting with the forwards.
Given:
On the second date Deportivo Pereira visits Independiente Medellín.
Synthesis
PEREIRA
Franklin Mosquera
Eber Moreno
Jean Pestaña
Emiro Garces
Nicolas Giraldo
Nicolas Rengifo
Ewill Murillo
Alejandro Piedrahita
Yesus Cabrera
Carlos Darwin Quintero
Alejandro Alvarez
DT: Leonel Álvarez
Changes: Alejandro Álvarez left, Faber Gil entered. Yesus Cabrera left, Luis David González entered. Ewill Murillo left, Edersson Moreno entered. Nicolás Rengifo left, Yeison Suárez entered. Alejandro Piedrahíta left, José Moya entered.
CALI
Joaquin Papaleo
Jonathan Marulanda
Francisco Meza
Jefferson Diaz
Onel Acosta
Alex Mejia
Gianfranco Cabezas
Juan Valencia
Javier Reina
Isaac Camargo
Luis Sandoval
DT: Jaime de la Pava