00:01Atletico Nacional, so we'll see who gets the second spot.
00:05America de Cali, Bucaramanga from Ecuador, Orense, Libertad Macara, Deportivo Cuenca, Paraguay.
00:16America de Cali face Atletico Bucaramanga in a single leg tie
00:20in the Comeyball Copa Sudamericana first round.
00:23I'm Ewan Marshall, I'll be a commentator for this one.
00:26All in red, America de Cali, laying right to left.
00:30They arrive in strong scoring form.
00:33All in yellow, Atletico Bucaramanga, laying left to right.
00:37They're on an 11-match unbeaten run.
00:4090 minutes, one match, one place in the group stage, up for grabs.
00:49There's Omar Bertel, left back, out of early possession.
00:53Plays that forward to Guzman.
00:55See him floating around that attacking midfield line quite a lot throughout this game.
01:03Hernandez, over to Bertel, some early possession for America in defence.
01:08Laid off by John Tielman.
01:11He's lost possession and Sambueza's in possession now, looking for the run of
01:17players.
01:17Aldair Gautier is the right back as the American manager.
01:22David Gonzalez.
01:25Fans of British football might actually recognise him as a former goalkeeper.
01:29Had some brief stints at Aberdeen, Brighton & Hove Albion and Barnsley.
01:36An interesting little career he had there in Britain.
01:40And most famous for his playing time at Independiente Medellin.
01:48As Marlon Torres brings the ball forward, he has Mateo Castillo.
01:54Support from his captain, Carascal.
01:58And the name is Lukumi.
02:08Bertel to Guzman.
02:10Space to turn.
02:11Looks up.
02:13Agueta Tielman.
02:15The number 19.
02:19Finds the pass in there.
02:20Escobar cleans up.
02:22Costa Marlon Torres.
02:23Back to Carascal.
02:25An opening here for Castillo.
02:27Shaping up for the cross.
02:28Plays it low along the ground.
02:29Lukumi.
02:30Can he bring that down?
02:31Takes a shot.
02:31Deflected.
02:32Aldair Quintana.
02:34Smothers that.
02:35A bit of early pressure from the home side.
02:40We see Leonel Alvarez, the coach of Atlético Bucaramanga.
02:44Part of Colombia's World Cup teams in 1990 and 1994.
02:49A legendary figure really in Colombian football.
02:53won the Copa Libertadores as a player with Atlético Nacional in 1989.
02:58He actually scored the winning penalty in that match.
03:01As a manager, he's had some success at Independiente Medellin.
03:05He won the league twice with them.
03:08And now he's having a good spell at Atlético Bucaramanga.
03:16Bucaramanga.
03:18Bucaramanga, the northeastern region of Colombia in Santander.
03:21Way up in the Andes.
03:27Let's go back.
03:28Managed to find out to Thielmann, the space for the winger to run into here.
03:35There's some pressure.
03:37Finds.
03:38Lupo Mee there.
03:39But Lupo Mee can't bring it down.
03:42It's experienced.
03:44Inestrosa at left back.
03:45Getting that one clear.
03:46Looking for Luciano Pons, the Argentine forward.
03:50Can't get connection on the header though.
03:51And it's back with America.
03:53There's Bertel.
03:57Let's go back.
03:59Hernandez.
03:59Under pressure from Ponzi.
04:01Almost gave that ball up there.
04:04Has to be a bit sharper.
04:07Bucaramanga heads it down to Castillo.
04:10Looking for the long ball to Valencia.
04:12And behind the defence.
04:12What can he do here?
04:13He's got options.
04:14Guzman's waiting.
04:16Maybe just delayed in getting that ball to Guzman.
04:18But he's still in possession.
04:19Chips it to the far post.
04:20Looking for Thielmann.
04:21But it's too long for him.
04:22He manages to hold on to possession.
04:25And the impressive Emerson Batalla.
04:27Look at the power from that young winger.
04:30Carascals want it back.
04:32Thielmann.
04:33In space now.
04:34Look for me.
04:34Goes for the strike.
04:35Diablos Rojos.
04:37The Red Devils.
04:38The home side here in Cali.
04:43Fans are making plenty of noise.
04:47Neat pass through to Sabueza.
04:49Sabueza find him again.
04:52It's not clear.
04:54Batalla.
04:57Powerful.
04:58Right winger.
05:00Actually came up through the youth ranch at America de Cali.
05:03There's a bit of a.
05:05They call.
05:06In South America.
05:07The Lady Lakes.
05:09Former players tend to do quite well against their old clubs.
05:13Scored a brace at the weekend.
05:14Scored a brace at the weekend.
05:18Gutierrez.
05:20Chiarope.
05:22Gutierrez.
05:24It is Batalla.
05:26Darts inside.
05:28Dynamic stuff.
05:28Of Sabueza.
05:29Manages to turn and get that shot.
05:31On target.
05:33Not difficult for Jean.
05:34But.
05:35On target from Bucaramanga.
05:38Energetic start to this one.
05:39As America look to go up the other end.
05:42Castillo's charging run.
05:43Space for Guzman now.
05:45He cuts inside trying to go into his right foot.
05:50But.
05:51Chiarope was equal to that one.
05:52And now.
05:53Bucaramanga go forward.
05:54Look at Batalla.
05:55These are two.
05:56Very competitive sides of Colombia.
05:58Look at the moment.
05:59In the domestic league.
06:00America probably on the best format of anyone.
06:03Some ways of breaking through there.
06:05Not sure.
06:06How much contact there was.
06:08But that is.
06:08Always going to be a free kick.
06:10And.
06:10Nicolas.
06:11Hernandez.
06:14Just a little touch.
06:16Right foot.
06:18That it is.
06:21I think it's shaping up intensity for a shot.
06:26And he sneaks it into the near post.
06:29Genius from Fabian Sambueza.
06:33No one was expecting that.
06:35Least of all the America goalkeepers.
06:37Jean Fernandez.
06:38And it is Atletico Bucaramanga.
06:40Who take the lead in Cali.
06:44Towards goal with his left foot.
06:46And Sambueza.
06:47And Sambueza.
06:47Sneaks it in the near post.
06:49It's a lovely free kick.
06:55Jean is perhaps.
06:57Slightly out of position.
07:01But it's a perfectly taken free kick.
07:04Under those circumstances.
07:07Just sneaks it in around the wall.
07:08Just sneaks it in around the wall.
07:12There is Hernandez.
07:14Gave away the free kick.
07:15They lead to the goal.
07:17That moment of magic from Fabian Sambueza.
07:20To Thielmann.
07:23To Thielmann.
07:23To Thielmann.
07:24To Thielmann.
07:25America will need a bit of his magic.
07:28Back to Thielmann.
07:32Goes towards the right flank.
07:34Looking for his full back.
07:36Karaskal.
07:36As the speck of the volley.
07:39Their manager since September of last year.
07:46Was when he joined that they went on that impressive run.
07:49That got them qualified into this tournament.
07:51Chance now for Bocaramanga here.
07:53Londono.
07:54Strike on the edge of the box.
07:55Blocked.
08:10Valencia.
08:15Caraskal.
08:17Castillo gets it back.
08:19A bit of a slip there from Garcia.
08:21And it's back with Castillo.
08:23Outside of the pit.
08:24Looking for Guzman.
08:25Man.
08:25Just to get the header.
08:26Still with America.
08:28Bertel.
08:29Lobs it into the box.
08:30And there's a chance at the back.
08:31Post.
08:32And Mateo Castillo.
08:33Just blazed it over the bar.
08:35Forward.
08:36Luciano Pons.
08:37Hands it off.
08:38Trying to find Sambueza.
08:39Almost gets there first.
08:41Just dealt with by Torres.
08:42And now America.
08:44Chance to break here.
08:45Guzman.
08:46Just a little bit languid in possession.
08:47And he gets the pass wrong.
08:50Has to do better there.
08:51He's such a.
08:52Important creative force for this America side.
08:55And he hasn't been doing too well so far.
08:58Torres.
08:59Outside of the foot.
09:00Line to Castillo.
09:01Going down to the byline.
09:02Chips it up.
09:04Just dealt with by Chapuri.
09:09Still with America.
09:10Torres plays it low.
09:12Turn on Locomi.
09:14Gets the shot on target.
09:17Got hardly any power behind it.
09:22Marlon Torres.
09:23Marlon Torres.
09:23As America.
09:24Move forward.
09:28Masses straight at Londoño.
09:30Who can try to break.
09:31Now he's got pace.
09:32He's just going to keep going.
09:33Pitch is opening up for him.
09:34Sambueza's in the middle.
09:36And he goes down.
09:37And that's going to be another yellow card for America.
09:40This thing to Marlon Torres.
09:41Is.
09:42That's now America's two centre backs on yellow cards.
09:49Not the ideal situation.
09:51Clear.
09:52Pull.
09:53Clear free kick.
09:54Clear yellow card.
09:57As yellow as the.
09:59Bucaramanga shirts.
10:02It was a strange one there.
10:03Londoño just seemed to get away.
10:05No one was.
10:07Properly tracking him.
10:08It seemed like.
10:09He could have just went on forever.
10:10Had he not been fouled.
10:13Free kick.
10:14Opportunity for Bucaramanga.
10:16A little bit further out.
10:17Than the one that.
10:18He scored earlier on.
10:20I think this one.
10:21To the era Sambueza.
10:22Chance for Pons.
10:26Broke away from his marker.
10:29Should really do better with that head.
10:30There was a free header in the end.
10:33And Luciano Pons.
10:35Could have made it 2-0 to Bucaramanga.
10:40You can see the shot counts there.
10:43Both sides 50% of the shots on target.
10:47Driving run from Castillo.
10:49Chance.
10:49And that should have been 1-1.
10:52So well.
10:53The right back.
10:54Look at this.
10:55Up the pitch.
10:56And just drives passing this.
10:57Throzza.
10:58Look at that pace.
10:59Perfect pass as well.
11:02Valencia just has to stretch the foot out there.
11:06Just stretches the foot out.
11:07That is forcing them.
11:08Forcing them.
11:09To go backwards.
11:14And that is a clumsy, clumsy barge.
11:18Is that a penalty kick?
11:19That is a penalty kick.
11:24Really.
11:30This man steps up.
11:32Steady's himself.
11:33And it's a great goal.
11:35It's got to be a good penalty to beat Quintana.
11:40Assured spot kick from Jason Guzman.
11:43And America are back level.
11:47They carry one.
11:49Atletico Pucaramanga.
11:51One.
11:55It's a good penalty.
11:56As we say, it has to be good to beat Quintana.
12:00Picks his spot.
12:01Into the side netting.
12:03Quintana guesses correctly.
12:06And Facundo Teo blows his whistle to bring an end to this first half.
12:15What a first half.
12:16Here for me in sports.
12:17Listen to the crowd.
12:34这个打 clock.
12:36He can add a good goal for it.
12:37And that's what it is.
12:38And that's what it is.
12:40And a good finish.
12:41You know.
12:41That was Matteo Castillo, the right back.
12:44Take another look at that chance there, Bertels cross.
12:47Yeah, it's Matteo Castillo.
12:54Decent header.
12:55It's just...
12:56It's flowback to flowback there, Bertels cross and Castillo's header.
13:01Good chance for America.
13:03And they're coming forward again.
13:05Space now for John Thielman.
13:06Chops inside onto that right foot.
13:09He chips to the back post.
13:10It's too far away from Valencia, though.
13:11But still with the team in red.
13:14Some boys have managed to get in there.
13:16Winning possession and winning the free kick.
13:19Just to take the pressure off the wayside a little bit.
13:26Let's take another look at that chance there, Bertels cross.
13:30Yeah, it's Matteo Castillo.
13:36Decent header.
13:38But it's just...
13:40He came back off the crossbar.
13:51Anderson Partaglia.
13:53Goes for the quick throw to Luciano Pons.
13:56The centre forward.
13:57Back to goal.
13:58What can he do?
13:58Trying to get that ball across goal.
14:00Didn't manage it.
14:06Which I hope he was charging forward, but he showed too much of it to the opposition.
14:17Caramanga coach there, Leonela, where he's a legendary figure in Colombian football.
14:23Played the two World Cups for Colombia.
14:27Yeah.
14:48Imagine what the possession stats will look like for the second half.
14:52Almost all America de Cali in terms of possession.
14:57Caramanga chip it forward.
14:58His bones again.
15:00Doesn't have the pace to continue that attack.
15:02And he gives it away.
15:09The best evening so far for Luciano Pons.
15:12The 35-year-old Argentinian striker.
15:16Important players.
15:17Had four goals already this season.
15:18Was the top scorer last year.
15:22Even if he's not playing particularly well.
15:24Caramanga really do miss him when he's not there.
15:26Caramanga just providing that reference point in centre, forward helps him quite a lot.
15:37Here's Castillo.
15:39Nice flick.
15:40Out his captain.
15:42Arrascal.
15:44Is Tillman going to get on there?
15:45That gets a second chance.
15:46It's in the back of the net.
15:48Top corner.
15:50John Tillman-Palacios makes it 2-1 to the home side.
15:53America de Cali have dominated possession at the start of the second half.
15:58And they get the reward.
16:00The Diablos Rojos of Cali are in front.
16:06It's a nice piece of play between Castillo and Carascal.
16:11Just here.
16:12Just some pure defending from Gutierrez.
16:14And it falls kindly for Tillman.
16:16He's right-footed.
16:17But he makes no mistake with his left there.
16:23Just sweeps it into the top corner.
16:27No chance for Aldair Quintana in the Boca Ramanga goal.
16:33It was at fault for the second goal there.
16:37Should have dealt with it.
16:38It's another chance for America.
16:39And Luka Mi still on his feet there.
16:41Could have gone down a couple of times.
16:42Goes for the shot himself.
16:50A real power in continental South American football at that point.
16:57Went through a few dark stages.
17:02Especially in the 2000s.
17:04Really bleak period.
17:05Ended up on the United States Clinton list.
17:09Chance here for Luciano Ponce.
17:11He drives that shot to the near post.
17:15Just wider than...
17:18It's a little small sighting of goal.
17:21I wonder if he was offside there.
17:25Very difficult.
17:28As we were saying though,
17:29America to Cali in the 2000s
17:31was really well with a sliding tackle though.
17:33America haven't got it completely clear.
17:36And that's going to be a free kick.
17:37Look here.
17:38He's charging in there.
17:39Not unlike his teammates.
17:41Jose Garcia did early on
17:43to concede a penalty.
17:46And was in the first half.
17:52Picked up a yellow after a...
17:54Romero offering it a short option.
17:57But...
17:57Dinked into the box.
18:00It was all the way through.
18:02The matches.
18:05Not high by Bertel.
18:07And that's out for a goal kick.
18:10Four minutes left.
18:14Terramunga.
18:17In this goal kick short.
18:20Trying to drag out the press.
18:23Great delivery from Quintana.
18:26Carrascal.
18:27Happy to win that free kick in the midfield.
18:29And they will just take as much time as they like.
18:34As much time as Cacutegro affords them.
18:41Squeeze a few more seconds
18:43out of the second half.
18:45Machis.
18:47Carrascal.
18:51Terramunga Torres.
18:53Castillo.
18:55Romero.
18:56Good footwork.
18:59Castillo driving forward into the midfield.
19:02Goes past one.
19:02Goes past two.
19:03Goes past three.
19:04Castillo just loses balance.
19:06But a chance for Machis.
19:07It's a good save.
19:08Adrenalinamos.
19:09Not back.
19:10And just way to the mark.
19:15From Mateo Castillo.
19:17Eight, one, two, three, four.
19:18And just seem to lose balance there.
19:23And the shot at...
19:26That home fans are suggesting maybe there should have been a penalty there for a foul on Castillo.
19:33But I think, I mean, from the angle that we had there, we haven't seen a close replay of it.
19:39But it looked like he just lost his balance a little bit.
19:42Another chance.
19:43Guzmán now in possession.
19:48Guzmán.
19:49Guzmán.
19:50Turns past Samueza.
19:52Finds Guzmán again.
19:52But his touch is poor.
19:55Coramanga struggling to get rid of this.
19:58Samueza was just pulled down.
20:02Romero.
20:11Coramanga.
20:12I've almost run out of time.
20:15And...
20:15America happy to hold on to the ball here.
20:18As Ramos.
20:20Escobar.
20:21The Oles.
20:23Coming up from the crowds.
20:26In attendance at the Pascual Guerrero.
20:32They're from professionals that they don't like it when their own fans start the Oles.
20:38That basically just means that one of them is about to get clattered by an opponent.
20:45Just about 30 seconds left here for America to hang on to this 2-1 victory.
20:53And the 40-year-old Adrian Ramos is through here.
20:57He has options.
20:59Slipped across.
21:01Good.
21:02Unbelievable.
21:03Romero right in front of goal.
21:05Great save.
21:06In fact, by Alder Quintana.
21:09Right at the death of this one.
21:11That might be that.
21:17America have had some opportunities.
21:18Some good positions to potentially score a third goal.
21:21But...
21:22Looks like they're not going to be made to rue those mischances whatsoever.
21:27Unless...
21:29Unless...
21:29Bocaramanga can fashion something here in the dying seconds.
21:32In some ways, it's twisting and turning.
21:34Trying to get away from his mind.
21:35Last chance here.
21:37Salazar.
21:39Outside of the foot.
21:40That's a poor cross.
21:42And Facundo Terrio puts his...
21:44Lips his whistle and blows for full time.
21:48America de Cali have done it.
21:50He won't sad he made the money on his way for...
22:00He'd quit all that.
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