In a complicated match played at the Alfonso López stadium, Once Caldas missed the victory and tied with Atlético Bucaramanga. The local goal was from Jhon Córdoba while Dayro Moreno scored on the visit.
In the first half, Once Caldas would be in charge of arriving for the first time in the game before ten minutes with a shot that went well above Luis Ángel Palacios.
At 19′, Bucaramanga would have its first chance with Aldair Zarate who attempted a right-footed shot that went straight into the hands of James Aguirre.
Half an hour into the game came the clearest score of the game for Once Caldas. Bucaramanga made a mistake at the start and the ball was left to Aldair Quintana who had terrible control of the ball and Santiago Mera almost scored the ball after pressing the rival goalkeeper.
Two minutes later, Bucaramanga responded with Zarate who put a soft shot into the hands of Aguirre. Before the end of this half, Ricardo Márquez looked for the goal with a mid-distance shot. The Once goalkeeper left a rebound after the striker’s shot, but Juan David Cuesta managed to clear it to the side.
In the second half, Mateo García looked to open the scoring for the visitor with a bomb that barely went past the side of the goal and where Quintana was guarding the ball so there was not much danger.
At 65′, the local team tried to break the deadlock from a dead ball. Jefferson Mena headed into the area, but the ball barely missed the rival goal.
Towards the 72nd minute, Caldas finally broke the score with Dayro Moreno who fired a left-footed shot into the corner that was impossible for Quintana to save, who barely saw the ball go in.
The visit almost increased the score after a few seconds with Billy Arce who shot a right hand that Quintana took out in a great way and then Dayro came to the second play, but the goalkeeper took a big hand to clear the ball.
In the 81st minute, Dayro almost scored his double on a free kick that the forward headed, but the ball barely touched the post of the Bumangués goal.
After the Eleven options, Bucaramanga found the tie after an unusual blooper between Aguirre and Jorge Cardona. Both players crashed and there Jhon Emerson Córdoba found the ball and scored it with the goal alone.
At the end, Bucaramanga almost won it with Córdoba who took a header mid-turn, but Aguirre caught the ball just on the line.
With the tie, Bucaramanga is seventh in the table with eight points while Once Caldas is 14th with six points.