FPC Roundup: Ambassadors fry Red Devils while La Equidad flies high

By: Lugo | April 4th, 2008

After fixture 11th, The Insurance sellers continue to dominate the top of the standings after their 2-1 home win to Boyacá Chicó where Roberto Polo contributed with a marvelous strike to Equidad’s cause. The checkereds were overplayed and could not deal with the great attacking trio of Roberto Polo, Wilson “El Pajaro” Carpintero and Panamanian sensation Gabriel Torres. In the most exciting of wednesday’s matches, Millonarios topped America de Cali 3-1 to a full house of 45.000 souls packed at El Campin Stadium. Ricardo Ciciliano was the hero of the night for the Ambassadors after delivering the hat trick after the Scarlets attempted an upset from the get-go by scoring the 0-1 after 20 seconds of the beginning of the match.

In Medellin, El Poderoso’s fans were not at all disapointed after their team stoped Independiente Santa Fe’s tremendous away streak by beating the Cardinals 2-0. The Highlanders’ perennial goalscorer Diego Alvarez came back from his dry spell and drew first blood while teenager Arboleda sent the Cardinals packing. Nevertheless, Santa Fe’s season continues to be amazing after all the reinforcements as the cardinals lie in 3rd place 3 points below leaders La Equidad, their Bogotá neighbours.

Meanwhile, Atletico National continues to disappoint their tremendous fan base with the shameful season that The Greens-in-stripes are having. The two times defending champion got another 1-0 away loss against Pereira. Instead, the Miracle City Greens of Quindio are relentlessly fighting to keep hold of the 8th spot on the table wich is is the last entry ticket to the playoffs with veteran stiker Ivan “Champeta” Velazquez captaining the ship in their flawless win against a mediocre Bucaramanga. The away upset of the day came at the hands (or rather, the feet) of the Southeners, wich nailed Tolima 1-2 giving Deportivo Pasto’s coach Miguel Prince some relief after several questionable performances. The same did not happen to his wednesday’s counterpart, the much heralded Jorge Luis Bernal who was sacked today after only a month on the job. Bernal’s pedigree after his successes should grant him a new gig soon anyway, and Nacional comes to my mind really quick.

In other games, Cucuta and Junior drew 0-0, Envigado tossed the All Whites of Once Caldas to the curve with a 2-0 and Cali’s Green Menace topped Atletico Huila 2-1 with another good performance by Argentinian No. 10 Paolo Frangipane. Keep in touch.