National Athletic visited the already eliminated Sports Tolima on the date 20 of the BetPlay League 2023. Despite having the chance to be seeded, Paulo Autuori’s team lost that option by drawing 2-2. The match, played on Wednesday May 17 at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium, showed an alternating dominance of both teams in each half of the match. The first half was dominated by the local team, while the ‘Greens’ reacted in the second half and managed to equalize the score.
As mentioned, the Tolimenses took the lead with a goal from Diego Herazo at minute 29, followed by an unfortunate own goal from Cristian Zapata at 35′, extending the lead to 2-0 for the ‘pijaos‘. However, before the end of the first half, Nacional managed to reduce the difference with a penalty converted by Jefferson Duque.
In the second half, Nacional came out with an aggressive attitude and that intensity allowed them to make the difference. It was Jader who scored at 54 ‘, equalizing the score 2-2. Despite the efforts, the team failed to score more goals and the duel ended in a draw. With this result, those from Medellín were left with 35 points in third position.
Minute by minute of Nacional vs. tolima
National vs. Tolima: the previous one
Despite the fact that Atlético Nacional has already secured its place in the final home runs and occupies the third place in the classification table with 34 points, the team will try to recover from the defeat suffered the previous day against Alianza Petrolera by 2-1, which that practically ended his chances of reaching the first place in the general table.
In the last day, the ‘purslane’ team must not only secure a victory to secure first place in the standings, but also need Millonarios and the Águilas Doradas to lose their respective matches against teams that are currently not classified for the quadrangular phase : La Equidad and Jaguares de Córdoba.
For its part, the performance of Tolima, during the season, has not been positive, since it has failed to qualify for the final home runs for the second time in a row, after drawing 1-1 with Unión Magdalena, in their last match. In the leaderboard, they are in twelfth place and although they are only three points away from advancing, their situation depends on other results.
The ‘Vinotinto y Oro’ have a difficult task, as they not only need four squads above them to lose, but they also need to win their next game by a huge goal difference. Although this seems almost impossible, at least they hope to get a home win and improve their situation in the table, which would be a joy for their fans.
What time does Nacional vs. Tolima?
The expected meeting at the Manuel Murillo Toro It is scheduled to be played this Wednesday from 7:00 p.m. (Ecuadorian, Colombian and Peruvian territory). In addition, we recommend that you pay attention to the TV signal you want to tune to, the streaming platform or here at Depor, where we will take you minute by minute.
National broadcast channels vs. tolima
The National Athletic vs. Tolima will not be able to be followed on TV signal. The transmission will be through the streaming signal of Win Sports Online (subscription) and through the Win Sports web platform (free). Remember that you can also follow minute by minute and the incidents of the commitment in Depor.
National vs. Tolima: possible alignments
- National: H. Castillo; J. Arias, S. Mosquera, J. Aguirre; Y. Mena, J. Solis, J. Duque, S. Velasquez; J. Torres, O. Perea, boy.
- tolima: C. Vargas; F. Mosquera, J. Quiñónes, J. Cuenú, J. Hernández; J. Rios, J. Nieto; E. Arango, Y. Guzmán, S. Lucumí; D. Herazo.
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