Mistakes that cost dearly: Graterol and Bocanegra failed, and Castro gave the victory to Millonarios

When defeat seemed inevitable, Millionaires reacted and achieved a vital victory against the America, which allows him to continue with options to advance to the semifinal home runs of the BetPlay League.

The ambassador set fell in the El Campín stadium from the beginning of the second half, after Jan Lucumí’s goal, and showed no signs of reaction against a solid América in defense.

However, in the final stretch of the second half, the scarlet team made two decisive errors which led to a defeat that left them on the brink of elimination in the round-robin phase.

Joel Graterol was the main one pointed out in the defeat of América de Cali, after an unfortunate action in which he failed to control a shot from Dewar Victoria, which ended up sneaking between his legs for the ambassador’s equalizer.

The tie destabilized the Valle del Cauca teamwho lost control of the game and allowed Millonarios to take the initiative, supported by their fans, although without generating clear goal options.

In the final minutes, a hand from defender Daniel Bocanegra inside the area was sanctioned as a penalty by referee Wilmar Roldán, causing a new costly error for América.

In that moment, Leonardo Castro took responsibility of the collection and, with all his experience, he executed his right-footed shot with power to score the winning goal.

The forward he celebrated his score with intensitysince he had not scored since his return to the fields after overcoming a serious injury that sidelined him for more than five months. Leonardo Castro did not hide his emotion and burst into tears when scoring the goal.