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América de Cali Edges Out Deportivo Pereira in Thrilling Match
América de Cali defeated Deportivo Pereira 2-0 in a hard-fought match at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Santiago de Cali, Colombia. The game, part of matchday 7 of the Liga Águila I-2025, was officiated by Álvaro José Meléndez Panneflek and featured a flurry of yellow cards.
The home side controlled possession (52%) and scored two goals. Luis Ramos opened the scoring in the 12th minute, assisted by Daniel Mina. Ricardo Holgado added a late goal in the 90th minute. Despite the victory, América de Cali received five yellow cards.
Deportivo Pereira managed 9 shots, 2 on target, but failed to find the back of the net. They also struggled with discipline, receiving three yellow cards and a red card for Yilmar Cabrera in the 86th minute.
In short, América de Cali’s victory was built on efficient attacking and a solid defense, while Deportivo Pereira’s lack of clinical finishing and Cabrera’s expulsion proved costly.
Substitutions america de cali: at minute 66 J. Lucumi came in and C. Barrios went out., at minute 69 F. Leys came in and J. Cavadia went out., at minute 78 R. Holgado came in and R. Carrascal went out., at minute 78 S. Navarro came in and L. Ramos went out.
Substitutions deportivo pereira: at minute 73 R. Castillo came in and G. Pena went out., at minute 74 J. Mena came in and E. Arizalas went out., at minute 85 A. Alvarez came in and Kelvin Osorio went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
America de Cali
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