Deportes Tolima, the new leader of the BetPlay 2024-I League, received Atlético Bucaramanga at home, on matchday 8, a match in which the local team was looking for a new victory that would consolidate it as a solid leader.
The game at the Manuel Murillo Toro was tied without goals and although the Pijaos did not lose, those who ended up benefiting were the Leopards.
During the first half there were not many clear goalscoring attempts by both teams and the tie persisted in those 45 minutes.
However, those led by David González had some approaches with Juan Nieto, Julián Quiñones and Brayan Gil, who were the ones who tried the most to open the scoring but did not have much luck in front of the goal.
With zero for both, a little more intensity was expected in the complement, although the game did not change much, but Tolima was the one that tried to attack the most.
The leopards defended tooth and nail the tie they were achieving and Tolima was the one that attacked at every moment with Yhorman Hurtado and Yeison Guzmán as the most outstanding, although on some occasions the goalkeeper Aldair Quintana was attentive to also drown out the cry of goal of the pijaos.
The defensive system that coach Rafael Dudamel put in place was effective and Tolima suffered in those final minutes, as it didn’t seem like they were going to do the most damage to get to that first goal.
From searching so hard for the goal, Tolima almost found a penalty in their favor after a foul on Kevin Pérez, but after the VAR review, the central judge decided that it was not a penalty, although the play was very fair as it fell on the edge of the goal. area.
That was a hard blow for Tolima, although they continued looking for their goal, but they were no longer very deep and the match ended goalless.
This result left Tolima partially leading with 17 points, while Bucaramanga took a good prize that leaves it between eight and with 13 units.