Independent Santa Fe and Gymnastics of La Plata were measured on the second day of the South American Conmebol 2023by group H, in the el campin stadium and it was a 2-1 victory for the locals in the midst of the terrible state of the field in the Colossus of the 57.
The Cardelans suffered from defensive errors in the first half and that’s how Alan Lezcano opened the scoring after 39 minutes, Kevin Mantilla He matched it at 58′ and Hugo Rodallega became the hero of the commitment with his score at 96′.
It should be remembered that the other party in group H, between University of Peru and Goias of Brazil in Limewill be held on Thursday, April 20 at 9 pm, Colombian time, to close the second day of the South American Conmebol.
The grammar of el campin stadium he was very mistreated prior to the start of the match between Santa Fe and Gymnasticsbecause on Saturday, April 15, the Monsters of Rock concert with different groups, a problem that has been recurring in recent years.
The pitch showed difficulties both on the sidelines and in the north arc, with parts of the pitch peeling and the ball not rolling normally, as well as some cut parts on the rest of the grass that caused it to come loose easily.
It is not the first time that Santa Fe suffers from the poor state of the grass for a match, since the same thing happened to them on March 14 after a popular music concert on the 11th of the same month, receiving the cali america and both teams were affected.
At 12 minutes the first approximation of Santa Fe which began with the departure of Fabian Viafarathrew the ball into the area and Hugo Rodallega He managed to push her, but she couldn’t get her to enter the goal and she went to the side, losing a very clear option.
Gym responded after 22 minutes due to a bad rebound by Fabián Delgado, he gave the ball to tarragonawho shot hard and passed over the goal defended by Juan David Espitia, surprising all the defenders who did not react in time.
Santa Fe almost scored the first goal at 24′ with a chalaca of Wilfredo de la Rosa, taking a rebound in the small area, and collided with the upper crossbar that saved the Wolf that he was playing on the counterattack and looking for mistakes from the opponent, but his defense was not solid.
It was not until 39 minutes in that the scoring was opened in favor of Gym and due to one of the defensive errors of the people of Santa Fe, the work of Alan Lezcanowith a header pass from Nicolas Colazo and the Argentine midfielder was left alone in front of the goalkeeper.
For the complementary part, Santa Fe he woke up and gradually improved in the defensive part, in this way not only did he recover the ball faster but they opened the scoring after 58 minutes, through the central defender Kevin Mantilla.
In a corner kick taken from the northeastern side, the player from Santa Fe beat an opponent in the air and sent it through the goalkeeper’s left side Thomas Dursoto even things out in the campin and revive the team that previously found itself lost on the pitch.
When things looked like a draw on the campin and Gym would take the point, appeared Hugo Rodallega at 96 minutes to make it 2-1, receiving a pass from the side of jersson gonzalez and sent it to the bottom of the net, to the joy of the 12,000 spectators.
It is the first victory of the cardinals in the South American Conmebolthey reached four points and are partially leaders of group H, waiting for a new victory on May 4 against Universitario in Lima and getting closer to qualifying for the round of 16.
