The BetPlay 2024-I League began to catch up taking advantage of the FIFA date and Atlético Bucaramanga played the postponed date 9 against Águilas Doradas at the Alfonso López stadium, managing to win 1-0 that allows it to be the new leader of the championship.
The match between leopards and golds was promising due to the sporting news of both, although the responsibility fell more on those led by Hernán Darío ‘Bolillo’ Gómez, who are fighting to be among the best eight.
However, from the beginning the one who imposed conditions was Bucaramanga, who found the goal after nine minutes through Fabián Sambueza, who took advantage of his quality to take a penalty and ended up sending the ball to the left post, making it impossible for José Contreras.
That early goal was a bucket of cold water for Águilas, who no matter how hard they tried to tie, Bucaramanga was solid in the defensive zone and did not leave them a clear option.
For the second half the game did not change much of its dynamics and Bucaramanga was the one that tried to get closer with danger to increase the score, although Águilas had some chances through Agustín Vuletich and Yéiler Goez, but it was not enough to achieve equality.
Bucaramanga maintained its advantage, but in the last 20 minutes it managed to go on the attack again, achieving shots through Aldair Zárate and Fabián Sambueza.
In fact, Sambueza created an opportunity that ended in a goal in the 78th minute, by filtering a ball to Jhon Córdoba, who defined, but the play was annulled for off-goal.
Despite this, those led by Rafael Dudamel did not stop attacking and in those last minutes they tried to increase their advantage, while Águilas tried to play out, but it was not decisive.
Finally, Bucaramanga ended up winning by the smallest difference and reached 26 points, remaining leaders of the BetPlay League, but also very close to sealing the classification to the final home runs.