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Deportes Tolima narrowly beats Independiente Medellin in a hard-fought match
Deportes Tolima secured an important victory at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot, overcoming Independiente Medellin by a narrow margin. The only goal of the game came in the 90th minute through Juan Nieto, assisted by Anderson Castro.
The match began with an intense pace, with both teams having opportunities to open the scoring. However, the defenses held firm and the first half ended scoreless.
The second half was more lively, with both teams making multiple changes in search of a breakthrough. Deportes Tolima controlled possession and created more scoring chances, but it was Independiente Medellin who had the clearest opportunity to take the lead, only for a shot from a DIM player to hit the post.
In the final stages of the match, Deportes Tolima found the winning goal thanks to a swift counter-attack finished by Nieto with a precise shot that beat the DIM goalkeeper.
Deportes Tolima dominated possession (53%) and took more shots than DIM (10 vs 7), although both teams struggled to convert their chances.
The match was marked by discipline, with just 2 yellow cards for each team.
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Substitutions deportes tolima: at minute 46 G. Ramirez came in and F. Lopez went out., at minute 46 A. Castro came in and J. Angulo went out., at minute 63 Y. D. Hurtado Torres came in and Y. Rosales went out., at minute 80 L. Miranda came in and J. Lucumi went out.
Substitutions independiente medellin: at minute 61 D. Londono came in and L. Escorcia went out., at minute 62 B. Perlaza came in and F. Chaverra went out., at minute 68 A. Alfonso came in and J. Arizala went out., at minute 69 A. Davila came in and K. Valencia went out., at minute 77 S. Santacruz came in and C. Graciano went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Independiente Medellin
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