:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/7IQ2VJKRZZH3VK5P2LC2ZZSMLI.jpg "The DIM saved a last-minute tie against Ecuador’s El Nacional for the Copa Libertadores")
On the night of Wednesday February 22 Deportivo Independiente Medellin (WEAK) debuted in the 2023 edition of the Conmebol Libertadores Cup visit the The National of Ecuador in the stadium Rodrigo Paz Delgado of Quito for the match corresponding to the first leg of the second preliminary phase of the competition.
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The Ecuadorians and Colombians drew 2-2 and left everything open for the key to return at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellín on Wednesday, March 1.
Here are the teams that faced off in Quito under the technical direction of coaches Éver Almeida and David González:
Together Powerful he thrilled his fans with a first half without major fouls, in which he climbed the scoreboard and overtook his footballing rival after a very effective connection between David Loaiza, Luciano Pons and the striker, Never Valencia:
Unfortunately for the Antioquia team, in the second half they couldn’t maintain their level and due to a series of defensive errors, El Nacional ended up leveling the game at minute 55 with the next goal of Byron Palacios. The equalizer came after a cross badly rejected by Andrés Cadavid, directing the ball in such a way that it touched one of his teammates and ended up in the boots of Palacios, who did not hesitate to convert the goal with the pass to the net:
Before the parity goal, the DIM suffered a penalty against which was reviewed by the VAR and in which they were saved after the goalkeeper Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo guess the direction of the shot executed by Jerry Parrales:
The Antioquia team showed signs of fatigue in the middle of the field, leaving many spaces between the lines and giving advantages in the team’s backhand, when the Ecuadorian eleventh came to attack in search of the draw .
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Nacional took the lead on the scoreboard in the 67th minute after an attack from the left wing and a ball that hit the hand of a DIM defender, producing a penalty without VAR intervention. Ronnie Carrillo He took charge of executing a subtle lifted shot in the center of the goal:
Already in the last minutes of the game, the DIM found a draw after conceding a corner and a ball left without a holder in the heart of the area. Daniel Londono he took advantage of the series of rebounds that did not cross the finish line and fired to celebrate the 2-2 final of the first leg:
With this tie, the DIM continues without winning and has already completed nine games without knowing the victory. the last triumph Powerful This happened on November 26 against América de Cali in the 2022 BetPlay II League home runs semi-final.
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The late draw eased the sense of trouble he went to encounter Quito with, especially in the second half when he conceded numerous spaces and violations inside the box.
As Medellín postpones the dream of qualifying for the group stage of the 2023 edition of the Conmebol Libertadores Cup, they will travel to Barrancabermeja on Sunday February 26, to face oil alliance at 8:30 p.m. at the Santander club in the stadium Daniel Villa Zapata on date 6 of the BetPlay I League 2023.
With only 2 points out of 15 possible, this is how the DIM marches in the classification of the 2023 opening championship, positioned in the eighteenth box ahead of Once Caldas and Atlético Huila:
Medellín’s only two points in the local league came from their first two games, both tied 1-1, against Junior de Barranquilla and Independiente Santa Fe.