To start soccer Friday in Colombia, Deportivo Pasto opened the doors of the Departmental Libertad stadium from the capital of Nariño, the invited rival was Deportes Tolima.
Both teams had just lost their home debutsince the ‘pijao’ was defeated by Fortaleza CEIF 1-2, while the ‘volcanico’ suffered the definitive goal from Hugo Rodallega for the victory of Independiente Santa Fe.
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The commitment was commanded by the central judge of the Caldas referee association, Juan Pablo Alba; Leonard Mosquera from Antioquia accompanied him on the VAR.
Development of the game Deportivo Pasto 1-4 Deportes Tolima
Surely the referee Juan Pablo Alba had not traveled his first 500 meters on the field of the Deportivo Pasto stadium when the scoreboard had its first change. A long ball behind the ‘volcanic’ and those led by David González celebrated the first goal after 50 seconds.
Given the passivity of the center back Jersson Malagón, the ‘pijao’ midfielder Yeison Guzmán took the ball and headed alone in front of the goalkeeper Diego Martínez, he took a low shot and before the weak reaction of the goalkeeper, Tolima took the advantage.
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Subsequently, the locals took center stage in search of a tie, which would last until half an hour into the match, with Mejía and Alba being able to take advantage of the left sector of the Tolima defense.
Thanks to the clarity of the ex-Bucaramanga midfielder, Víctor Mejía, who knew how to see the winger Israel Alba with offensive projection, the first ‘volcanic’ goal of the semester was scored. It should be recognized that the defender’s powerful shot bounced off a rival before entering Juan Camilo Chaverra’s goal.
The first half ended with four shots on goal, two shots from each of the teams.
And as if it were deja vu, Deportes Tolima punished Pasto again at the start of the second half, with a cross from Álex Castro being the one that striker Brayan Gil Hurtado caught in a great way.
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Quickly, the ‘volcanoes’ were able to equalize the score, but after a too extensive VAR review of this goal play by Gustavo Britos, the final determination was that the Argentine striker participated in the action when he was in an off-side position.
Crossing the hour mark, a corner kick in favor of the ‘pijao’ once again unbalanced the score in his favor, as a cross from Junior Hernández deviated into the humanity of Camilo Ayala, who could not avoid the own goal.
In stoppage time, two of the substitutes that Tolima brought in to close the game ended up influencing the visitor’s fourth goal, as Facundo Boné scored for Lucas González and a goal from the ‘pijao’.
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With the three points added in Pasto, Deportes Tolima shakes off the tough debut against Fortaleza at home, while the ‘volcanic’ team adds its second consecutive defeat at the start of the BetPlay 2024-1 League.
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