English
Once Caldas and Deportivo Pereira played a thrilling match at the Estadio Palogrande in Manizales, corresponding to the fifth round of the Colombian Primera A. The game, marked by tension and expulsions, ended with a 4-1 victory for Once Caldas.
Deportivo Pereira took the lead early with a goal from R. Castillo in the 18th minute, assisted by J. Medranda. However, the game became chaotic with early expulsions: M. Arteaga of Once Caldas and D. Quintero of Deportivo Pereira received red cards in the 29th minute. Once Caldas responded with goals from M. Barrios (40th minute), J. A. Zapata Ramirez (64th minute), and D. Moreno (82nd minute), demonstrating greater effectiveness in front of goal despite being a man down. The match was full of yellow cards, with eight for Once Caldas and three for Deportivo Pereira. Despite slightly better possession for Deportivo Pereira (55% vs 45%), Once Caldas showed more attacking punch, with 13 shots (7 on target) compared to their rival’s 15 (7 on target). The difference in goal-scoring opportunities was crucial to the final result.
Substitutions once caldas: at minute 31 J. A. Zapata Ramirez came in and J. Contreras went out., at minute 61 M. Zuleta came in and H. Dorrego went out., at minute 89 G. Alvarez came in and D. Moreno went out., at minute 90 J. Garcia came in and M. Garcia went out.
Substitutions deportivo pereira: at minute 67 Kelvin Osorio came in and Y. Cabrera went out., at minute 68 G. Pena came in and R. Castillo went out., at minute 77 J. Mena came in and A. Estacio went out., at minute 77 E. Arizalas came in and Y. Quinones went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Once Caldas
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