The Antioquia team got an important victory despite still not playing in the best way.
For a while, a great goal from Candelo and the timely saves from Castillo were enough for Atlético Nacional to take the 3 points from Pasto, for the seventh day of the competition, giving them a good position in the league table, as America’s escort to a distance point.
But the result was partly misleading to Autuori’s because while they were superior in the first stage, they were also surpassed in the second and if it weren’t for ‘Chipi Chipi’ or the sticks on other occasions, the locals would be long gone quiet Apart from the field and context that the Plaza de Pasto usually represents, the second half was a poor exhibition from the Verdolagas.
And that raises alarms for things to come, as the same conditions are unlikely to play out in other bigger games. Yerson Candelo’s bombing at the start of the game was a heavy blow to the locals, but the visit failed to take full advantage of it as it lacked the management needed to prevent fear in its target.
The matches against Millonarios, Pereira -recent rival in the Super League- and Medellín are something else, another story, another demand that Nacional cannot afford to be under, let alone lose. Not to mention the Copa Libertadores getting closer and closer, while the team continues to leave doubts about behavior and operation, that victories will not always push them into the background.
Source: Goal