Independent Medellin tied 1-1 with Equity in a game that was suspended for 30 minutes due to a thunderstorm.
The first goal of the game came after nine minutes through Miguel Angel Monsalve who finished off in a subtle way before the exit of goalkeeper Ortega.
Monsalve received the ball from Diber Changing and scored the ball that went to the bottom.
In the first half, the Paisa team was very close to increasing the difference in their favor, with Monsalve himself and center back Jorge Segura, who alone in front of the goal sent the shot far.
With the partial victory, the DIM went to rest and for the second part, when the 4th minute was running, the central referee decided to suspend the game due to an electrical storm.
After waiting half an hour, the match was resumed, but in the second part Equidad looked better, reaching a tie through Pablo Sabbag at 58 minutes.
DIM created some options and came close to scoring, but the poor condition of the field due to the rain that fell during the second half prevented them from showing a better game.
In the end, a 1-1 draw, the Powerful’s fourth in the tournament.
Minute by minute
The central announces three minutes of substitution.
Minute 89: Medium-distance shot by José Hernández that passed near the Equidad goal.
Minute 88: José Hernández enters and Christian Marrugo leaves.
Minute 86: Christian Marrugo’s shot, from medium distance, which goes smoothly into Ortega’s hands.
80th minute: Carlos Arboleda enters and Juan Alejandro Mahecha leaves Equity.
Minute 79: Opportunity for Medellín with Luciano Pons, who saves the goalkeeper Ortega.
78th minute: Yellow for Juan Alejandro Mahecha.
77th minute: Andrés Ricaurte’s option that goes near the goal defended by Ortega.
75th minute: Adrian Arregui leaves the field for Javier Méndez to enter.
Minute 74: Changes in Equity, Francisco Chaverra and Duvier Riascos enter, Amaury Torralvo and Pablo Sabbag leave the field.
Minute 71: Yellow card for Pablo Sabbag for a foul on Adrian Arregui.
70th minute: Double shot by the Powerful, first Díber Cambindo and then Christian Marrugo, saved goalkeeper Ortega.
69th minute: Equity Option, again Sabbag was close to celebrating again, Mosquera Marmolejo saved.
65th minute: The rain increases in the Atanasio and parts of the field are noticeable in which the ball does not run freely.
Minute 64: Double change in the DIM, Luciano Pons and Felipe Pardo enter and Miguel Monsalve and Jean Pineda leave.
Minute 59: Another dangerous action by Equidad, Pablo Sabbag alone in front of the red arch, almost scored the second.
Minute 58: Good arrival from Medellín, Ricaurte, Marrugo and shot from Monsalve that the visiting goalkeeper conjured up well.
55th minute: Equidad looks better and Pablo Sabbag with a header marks the partial tie at Atanasio.
Minute 54: Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo saves, after a shot from medium distance by Camacho.
Being 7:32 minutes, central defender Nolberto Ararat authorizes the resumption of the game.
at 7:14 at night central defender Nolberto Ararat goes out to inspect the playing field, but the rain continues.
Center back Nolberto Ararat announced that they will wait 15 minutes, to return to the field. The storm is expected to wind down to resume play.
Minute 49: The central Nolberto Ararat decides to stop the commitment due to an electrical storm.
Second time, they start the second half with both teams unchanged.
Minute 46: The first half ends with a partial victory for Independiente Medellín, thanks to a goal from Miguel Ángel Monsalve.
40th minute: Yellow card for Adrian Arreguí.
Minute 38: Referee Nolberto Ararat stops the game and announces to the captains that from that moment on they have the option of VAR, after solving the technical problems.
30th minute: Pablo Lima’s option that closes Andrés Mosquera.
Minute 29: Only in front of the goal, Jorge Segura, wasted a clear goal arrival.
Minute 28: The second of the DIM almost arrived, after a great start by Yulián Gómez, on his side.
Minute 24: Great option for Amaury Torralvo who soloed a cross but the ball went far from the goal.
Minute 23: David Camacho arrived with danger in the goal of Andrés Mosquera.
Minute 18: The arrival of La Equidad, with a header from Pablo Sabbag, sends it to the right post of the goal defended by Mosquera, the center-back determined that the checkered player was out of place.
Minute 17: In a quick exit, Medellín reaches the rival area and Monsalve narrowly scores the second.
Minute 8: With great definition the young Miguel Monsalvescores the second goal as a professional with the Powerful, after a pass from Diber Changing.
Minute 4: Opportunity for Equity with Pablo Sabbag, but he was unable to give direction to the ball that went far from the goal defended by Andrés Mosquera.
Minute 3: Out of place for Díber Cambindo.
Central defender Nolberto Ararat from Valle del Cauca gives the whistle for the start of the match.
The judge informed the players that they were going to start the match without VAR since there was a problem.
Independent Medellin receive to Equity, by the sixth date of the bet play league, in the Athanasius Girardot.
The players of the Poderoso went out to the Atanasio stadium wearing the traditional hat of the Paisa culture as a tribute to the Flower Fair that takes place in the city.
El Poderoso partially occupies the ninth place in the table with six points, while the capital team is in 11th place with the same units, but with a difference of (-2).
Those directed by David González form with Andres Mosquera; Juan Guillermo Arboleda, Victor Moreno, Jorge Segura, Yulián Gómez; Adrián Arregui, Andrés Ricaurte, Miguel Monsalve, Christian Marrugo, Jean Pineda and Diber Cambindo.