Bogota July 29 (IANS) Atletico Nacional defeated Independiente Santa Fe 2-0 to close in on the top spot in the Colombian football league standings here.
Dayro Moreno opened the scoring for the Medellin-based club in Saturday s match nailing a goal in the 29th minute that completely caught Santa Fe goalkeeper Leandro Castellanos off balance reports Efe news agency.
Alexis Henriquez later executed a beautiful pass to Yerson Candelo who scored Atletico s second goal in the 64th minute.
Atletico Nacional is temporarily in 6th place with three points just three points behind league leader La Equidad.
Deportes Tolima is the co-leader in the standings after pulling off a 1-0 last-minute win over America.
In other action on Saturday Deportivo Cali edged Atletico Huila 1-0 and Rionegro and Envigado played to a 1-1 tie.

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