Patriotas Boyacá waited for an important match to end their negative streak: this Saturday, the Tunja team scored their first goal in the BetPlay I League, which helped them achieve their first victory of the semester, beating Millonarios in a match on date 8 of the Colombian championship.
Thus, Patriotas is no longer last in the standings, as it reached 5 points and condemned Deportivo Pasto to 20th place, with 4 units.
In Millonarios it was not a good night, because the team led by Alberto Gamero did not show the football it is used to, its rival controlled it and the team that the Albiazule fans are used to was not seen in Tunja.
The ambassador was not prepared for the ‘battle of Boyacá’, neither in football, nor in ideas. In addition, there were a lot of strong legs and that is why both teams were left with ten men.
To make matters worse, Millonarios failed to mark the still ball and thus came Patriotas’ goal: in the 68th minute, a free kick from the side in which Daniel Giraldo was not attentive and Gianfranco Peña escaped, who defined with a touch on goal , for 1-0.
At minute 72, the ‘battle’ left a ‘fallen soldier’, as Andrés Alarcón was very bad for Jorge Arias; The Patriotas player was sent off, while the defender had to ask for a change because his ankle was affected.
However, the ambassador did not find clarity and was left with ten players as well, due to the expulsion of defender Óscar Vanegas, in the 85th minute.
Thus, Millonarios reached three defeats in 8 games, and is still outside the eight best in League I.