Slip in the first round of the Colombian League against Jaguares and a midweek 'cleaning' against Chicó.

The verdiblancos attributed the defeat against the Córdoba team to the lack of competition rhythm. "The lack of football from a team that came from preseason and only had a friendly match was felt," said technician Fernando 'el Pecoso' Castro.

However, against Chicó, the repeated goal opportunities created tranquility. Only Rafael Santos Borré's two goals entered, but the sugar producers trust in fine-tuning their accuracy as the matches go by.

For Saturday's game at the Techo stadium, Cali would not have any news regarding the group that faced the 'ajedrezado' team.

Bandwidth amplitude on the right with Helibelton Palacios, in addition to the variations provided by Yerson Candelo and Andrés Roa, and the finishing of Harold Preciado and Santos Borré's plays. Cali will not be able to count on forward Miguel Murillo, affected by muscle fatigue.

On the other hand, La Equidad, guided by Santiago Escobar, will not be able to count on creative midfielder Stalin Motta (suspended) or defender Julián Hurtado, who saw the red card in the previous match against Santa Fe. However, they will have a very competitive team. In attack, they will have Wason Rentería and Peruvian Andy Pando.

Santa Fe has been the executioner of the 'asegurador' team at the beginning of the second championship of the year... in the first round of the Liga Águila, the 'Cardenales' prevailed 4-0 against La Equidad, and in the middle of the week in the first leg of the Copa Águila round of 16, they faced each other again and Santa Fe won again (1-0).

Deportivo Cali would form with:

Ernesto Hernández; Helibelton Palacios, Cristian Nasuti, Germán Mera, Harrison Canchimbo; Andrés Pérez, Kevin Balanta, Yerson Candelo, Andrés Roa, Harold Preciado and Rafael Santos Borré.