With the victories of Sports Pereira and Sports Tolima in view of Equity Insurance and Sports Pasto, respectively, the Colombia Cup defined the keys to the ‘semis’, to be played in the first and third week of October.
Both will dispute their passage to the final that will face the winner of the duels between Deportivo Cali and National Athletic, classified in the day of Wednesday.
The BetPlay Cup grants a spot to the group stage of the 2022 Libertadores Cup, which is why competitors seek to obtain it if they do not have good results in the Colombian closure.
The tournament played by teams from the First and Second divisions of Colombian professional soccer has brought emotions to the fans during the second half of the year.
This is how the semifinals of the BetPlay Cup 2021 will be played:
Going:
Deportivo Cali vs. National Athletic:
– Wednesday 6th or Thursday 7th of October.
– Time: 8:00 pm
– Television: Win Sports +.
– Stadium: Palmaseca-Deportivo Cali.
Deportivo Pereira vs. Tolima Sports:
– Day: Wednesday 6 or Thursday 7 October.
– Time: 6:00 pm
– Television: Win Sports +.
– Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas.
Lap:
Atlético Nacional vs. Deportivo Cali:
– Day: Wednesday 20 or Thursday 21 October.
– Time: 8:00 pm
– Television: Win Sports +.
– Stadium: Atanasio Girardot.
Tolima Sports vs. Deportivo Pereira:
– Day: Wednesday 20 or Thursday 21 October.
– Time: 6:00 pm
– Television: Win Sports +.
– Stadium: Manuel Murillo Toro.
This is how the quarterfinals of the BetPlay Cup concluded
Deportivo Cali beat 3-2 to America from Cali in the 180 minutes and will face National Athletic, who beat 3-1 Independent Santa Fe in the penalty shootout, after the 2-1 fall in Bogotá and the 1-0 win in Medellín.
This September 15, at the Palmaseca stadium, Deportivo Cali qualified for the semifinals of the Colombia Cup, competition that gives a place to the South American Cup. He did so by defeating América de Cali 1-0 at the Palmaseca stadium with a goal from Teófilo Gutiérrez from the penalty mark, when the stopwatch ticked at minute 6.
Santa Fe visited Atanasio after defeating Nacional 2-1 in Bogotá, and thanks to the forceful definition of Kelvin Osorio and Jonathan Herrera he took away an unbeaten of eleven games from Nacional.
However, during the second leg Only the annotation of Jéfferson Duque, assisted by Dorlan Pabón, was enough to put the 1-0 that forced the definition from the twelve steps to sentence the classification to the semifinals.
From elsewhere, Deportivo Pereira defeated 2-1 a Sports Pasto in the penalty shootout, after the draw 4-4 on the aggregate scoreboard, and got into the semifinals of the BetPlay Cup 2021.
The ‘Matecañas’ will contest the classification to the grand final against him Sports Tolima, which eliminated Equity Insurance after the 2-0 win in the 180 minutes.
Goalkeeper Álvaro Montero, who took back ownership of the goal after being called up to the Colombian National Team, expressed optimism in the previous match before the ‘Insurers’: “The idea is to give continuity to this good work that is being accomplished, and we hope reach the final stages to fight important things ”.
Sports Tolima he is at his best after the championship in Primera, with a third place in the League and now as one of the semifinalists of the BetPlay Cup.
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