A double from the 37-year-old striker Carlos Bacca the first leg of the final was unbalanced Colombia Clausura Tournament and allowed him Junior beat 3-2 Free Sports Medellin (DIM) at Barranquilla’s Metropolitan Stadium.
The former Sevilla and Milan attacker broke through with his two goals in a very balanced match where the other goal for L Tiburón came from winger José Enamorado, while the provisional 2-1 for Poderoso was scored by the center back that José Ortiz and the second discount was obtained. by attacker Diego Moreno.
The decisive Bacca thus reached 18 goals in the tournament, tying him as the top scorer in the championship and confirming the good moment he is having with six goals in the last three games. Another figure of the match was Uruguayan goalkeeper Santiago Mele, whose saves were key when the match was 2-1 and prevented the team coached by Uruguayan Alfredo Arias from drawing.
The hosts, led by Arturo Reyes, came out to win the game at all and opened the scoring in the 3rd minute when Bacca received on the spot, dispossessed two rivals in a turn and then took another player to took a cross shot that Andrés Mosquera was Impossible to stop.
El Poderoso were stunned by that score and the locals continued to attack until they made it 2-0 in the 15th on a counterattack where Venezuelan Luis ‘Cariaco’ González filtered a pass into the area for to full-back Gabriel Fuentes, who enabled an Enamorado that He dribbled and took a low shot that was difficult for the visiting goalkeeper.
As the minutes passed, the team led by the Uruguayan Arias shook his head and began to stand up to a rival who was giving up on it. However, Junior was about to extend the advantage with another counterattack where Enamorado intercepted a pass for Déiber Caicedo, who in a one-on-one sent the ball horizontal.
The discount came in the 39th minute when midfielder Yairo Moreno collected a rebound outside the area after a corner kick and produced a weak shot on goal that center back Ortiz deflected with a touch to beat the resistance. of Uruguayan goalkeeper Mele.
Independiente went all out in the second half
If in the first half the Barranquilleros came out to destroy, in the second it was the players of Independiente Medellín, strengthened by the entry of forward Moreno and midfielder Anderson Plata, who gave the team a new look. The attacking team created chances and made Mele a figurehead.
The first was a great collective play between veteran midfielder Daniel Torres, the recently introduced Moreno and winger Daniel Londoño, who in one-on-one could not overcome the Uruguayan. The second, a header from Moreno that was saved at close range by the Uruguayan international, received a standing ovation from the crowd.
Medellín continued to attack, but Junior managed to increase the lead to 70 when Vladimir Hernández and Léider Berrío combined on the left, who with one of the first balls he handled sent a low cross to Bacca, who received it turned back, turned away. to clear a mark and send the ball into the back of the net. Arias’ team lost its lead, but got the second discount with a free kick taken by Jaime Alvarado headed by Varela to enable Moreno, who alone under the goal sent the ball into the back of the net.
With this result, everything will be decided on Wednesday at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellín, where DIM hopes that its public support will allow it to return.
DATA SHEET
3 – Juniors: Santiago Mele; Walmer Pacheco (m.78, Nilson Castrillón), Jermein Peña, Emmanuel Olivera, Gabriel Fuentes; Didier Moreno (m.78, Diego Mendoza), Hómer Martínez, Luis ‘Cariaco’ González (m.64, Vladimir Hernández); José Enamorado (m.70, Léider Berrío), Déiber Caicedo and Carlos Bacca (m.76, Steven Rodríguez)
2 – DIM: Andres Mosquera; Luis Orejuela (d.76, Leyser Chaverra), José Ortiz, Joaquín Varela, Daniel Londoño; Daniel Torres, Jaime Alvarado, Edwuin Cetré (m.46, Anderson Plata), Yairo Moreno; Brayan León and Luciano Pons (m.46, Diego Moreno)
The objectives: 1-0, Carlos Bacca (m. 3); 2-0, José Enamorado (m. 15); 2-1, José Ortiz (d. 39); 3-1, Carlos Bacca (m. 70); 3-2, Diego Moreno (m. 88)
Referee: Andrés Rojas. He rebuked Joaquín Varela, José Enamorado, Carlos Bacca, Jermein Peña and Léider Berrío
Incidents: the first leg of the Colombian Clausura Tournament was played at the Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla
Source: La Verdad
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