The Antioqueños played with 10 for much of the second half after Solís was sent off.
He will go on one more date as the sole leader of Group H and it’s never a bad deal to add away from home but tonight’s Atlético Nacional in Arequipa again left more doubts than certainties although with hierarchy and effectiveness of took the opportunity to practically seal his qualification for the round of 16 beforehand.
Although the exclusion of Solís in minute 50 strongly conditioned the approach and the second half, it was seen from the start that the team’s intention was to endure more than to imagine and that is also how the locals understood it, who had the intentions, but not the intention, to really upset Ant. Already down to ten, Autuori sacrificed the attack, taking out Pabón and Palacios to rebuild and try to get more possession with Barrera. He then opted for Perea’s speed, which led to problems for the defense.
And at the age of 88, when everything was looking for a shy 0-0, a header from Banguero seemed to throw everything off balance and lead the team to 10 points that would see him into the next round by little more than one foot. . In the middle of a tough game, as Melgar was always looking for his own and several setbacks, the Atlético Nacional hierarchy allowed him to get a real visitor’s spoils. It was what he needed most, he got it.
Source: Goal