CALI (Interstat) — Boca Juniors and U. Magdalena played to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday, with each side scoring once in the first half and neither finding a winner after the break. The result kept Boca Juniors unbeaten in the competition and left U. Magdalena with an unbeaten record as well. Deiman Cortes scored for Boca Juniors in the 15th minute. Juan Farias answered for U. Magdalena in the 34th minute. Yellow cards shaped much of the match, and substitutions interrupted the second half. Both teams finished the match level after 90 minutes. Boca Juniors was the home team, and U. Magdalena was the visiting team.

Boca Juniors opened the scoring when Cortes found the net in the 15th minute. The home team had already seen the match become physical. U. Magdalena’s W. Sagrera was booked in the 11th minute. For Boca Juniors, J. Cuero received a yellow card in the 21st minute. J. Andrade was cautioned in the 33rd minute. Cortes’ goal gave Boca Juniors a brief lead. U. Magdalena responded through Farias in the 34th minute. Farias’ strike was the visitors’ only goal. It sent the teams into halftime at 1-1. The equalizer came after Andrade’s booking and left the match tied at the break. Cortes’ goal was the first score of the match, and Farias’ goal was the last.

The second half began with Boca Juniors making a change. Cuero was substituted in the 46th minute. The match remained tied, but disciplinary issues continued. Boca Juniors received yellow cards in the 48th and 53rd minutes. For U. Magdalena, O. Surmay was booked in the 61st minute. Another U. Magdalena player was cautioned in the 64th minute. Sagrera was booked again in the 84th minute after an earlier caution in the 11th minute. Neither side scored in the second half. The defenses held through the closing stages. The first half featured three yellow cards and two goals. The second half featured five yellow cards and no goals. The match had eight yellow cards in total.

U. Magdalena made a burst of substitutions in the 70th minute. Ballesteros M., Surmay O., Rodriguez R. and Farias J. all left the field. Farias had played 70 minutes and scored the equalizer. Boca Juniors responded by substituting Cortes D. in the 75th minute. He had played 75 minutes and scored Boca Juniors’ goal. U. Magdalena later brought on Mosquera F. in the 85th minute. The changes did not produce another goal. The match ended level. The substitutions began at halftime and continued through the 85th minute. Boca Juniors made two changes in the second half, and U. Magdalena made five.

The draw moved U. Magdalena to one win, no losses and one draw in the competition. Its overall record is also one win, no losses and one draw. Boca Juniors moved to two wins, no losses and one draw in the competition. Its overall record is also two wins, no losses and one draw. Boca Juniors entered the match after a 3-2 win at Cartagena and a 4-1 home win against Patriotas. U. Magdalena entered after a 3-1 win at Real Santander in its previous competition match. Those results left Boca Juniors with two wins and no losses before the draw, while U. Magdalena had one win and no losses. Both teams remained unbeaten after the draw.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of U. Magdalena 3, Boca Juniors 2. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Boca Juniors with a 67.8 percent probability to win. The draw fell short of both projections, as the teams split the goals and the points.