Bucaramanga rallies past AD Pasto with second-half winner

BUCARAMANGA (Interstat) — Bucaramanga overcame an early deficit and beat AD Pasto 2-1 on Friday at Estadio Américo Montanini in a Colombian league match. Harrinson Mancilla put AD Pasto ahead in the 23rd minute, finishing a Joider Micolta assist. Enmerson Batalla leveled for Bucaramanga in the 43rd, and Luciano Pons scored the winner in the 66th. The home side held on after Pons’ finish, while AD Pasto could not find an equalizer. AD Pasto’s season record in this competition is now 1-3, and Bucaramanga’s is 1-2-2. Across all competitions, AD Pasto is 1-3 and Bucaramanga is 1-2-2. Yellow cards went to AD Pasto’s Leys in the 75th and Mendez in the 82nd, and to Bucaramanga’s Castrillon in the 84th and Murrilo in the 85th; Chavez and Charrupi were booked in stoppage time. AD Pasto made substitutions through Perlaza, Rios, Gil, Serje Orozco and Leys, while Bucaramanga used Hinestroza, Flores, Sambueza and Castrillon.