Deportivo Cali finished their preparation to receive Deportivo Independiente Medellín this Thursday at 8:00 p.m., for the third round of Liga II-2022, at the Cali stadium in Palmaseca. They will play their second game of the semester, since they did not participate in the first round due to the Women's Copa América and in the last round they lost against Tolima in Ibague.
During the last days, the team has been training normally at the sports headquarters in Pance and at their stadium, preparing for this match against the powerful team and especially, beginning to consolidate the football idea of the new coaching staff led by Mayer Andrés Candelo.
For this match, the team recovers defender Miguel Nazarit, who served his suspension from the previous semester, but they will not be able to count on forward and captain Teófilo Gutiérrez, who was sent off with a direct red card against Tolima and the Championship Committee in its last resolution, announced that he will have to serve a two-match suspension for the incident.
About the team's mood, central defender Germán Mera stated that "there is a very good atmosphere, we are a family, we know how to interpret every moment of the game, day by day, when we should laugh, work or be serious, and every day we can improve, in order to give many victories to our great team".
Prior information
Deportivo Cali has only lost two of their last 13 home matches against Independiente Medellín in the First Division (9W 2D), failing to score in only one of them, the most recent in July (0-0).
Deportivo Cali has failed to score in their last two matches in the top division (2D) and could go three without scoring for the second time in 2022 (3D without a goal in February).
Independiente Medellín has lost only one of their last nine away matches in the First Division (3W 5D), with this defeat being by administrative decision against Jaguares de Córdoba in May. Prior to this streak, DIM had lost in their previous five visits in a row.
Andrés Ricaurte (DIM) is one of the two players, along with Edwin Herrera (Independiente Santa Fe), who has made the most tackles in Liga DIMAYOR II-2022, with eight. Ricaurte recovered possession in five of them.
The two players with the most clearances in this Liga DIMAYOR II-2022 are from Independiente Medellín: Víctor Moreno (12) and Andrés Cadavid (11).
Humberto Acevedo; Aldair Gutiérrez, Guillermo Burdisso, German Mera, Onel Acosta (Christian Mafla); Enrique Camargo, Jimmy Congo, Kevin Velasco, Daniel Luna (Yony González), Santiago Mosquera; Ángelo Rodríguez.
Stadium: Deportivo Cali.
Time: 8:00 p.m.
T.V.: Win Sports +.
Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Caldas).
VAT: John Perdomo (Huila).
Juan Andrés Arias Arias
Futbolred Correspondent Cali
On Twitter: @AriasJuan_15