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At the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Junior de Barranquilla defeated Deportes Tolima 0-1 and with a 2-0 aggregate, qualified for the semifinals of the 2020 BetPlay League.
In the first half with few scoring opportunities, Junior, with a tactically well planned and managed game, awaited the attack of Deportes Tolima, a team that reached the height of Bogotá with the misfortune of having the global scoreboard against (0-1 ).
In minute 2, the pijao team had its first dangerous approach and made it through Yeison Gordillo, one of its bastions in the midfield, who at the start of the game took a powerful shot from medium distance, which passed very close from the left post of the Uruguayan goalkeeper, Sebastián Viera.
The shark team responded and with Fabián Viáfara, by the same route, alerted goalkeeper Álvaro Montero. The shot passed away from the posh bow. Junior handled the ball and without major risk controlled the game times. Hernán Torres’ team, with quiet ball plays, was looking for a tie; at 22, Andrey Estupiñán had a header.
However, in the midst of the need for the equal goal, Tolima was left with one less man. Leyvin Balanta, irresponsibly, saw the red card in the 30th minute, after a strong tackle on Didier Moreno, which, at first was punished by Wilmar Roldán with the yellow card, but after the timely intervention of the VAR, it was corrected the warning, for minutes later to show him the red one.
With one player less, at the end of the game, Sebastián Mosquera set off the alarms in the visiting porch. A header from him in the 40th minute could mean the global tie; However, Didier Moreno dressed as a ‘hero’, and before the ball entered the back of the net, he rejected the shot.
The second half was a little more of the same, those led by Amaranto Perea cooled the game and with proper handling of the ball they took advantage of the result obtained in the Barranquilla Metropolitan. Teófilo Gutiérrez tried but his shot went wide.
However, Deportes Tolima woke up and at the end of the game put the rojiblanco team in trouble. With the entry of Anderson Plata into the ‘locals’, the Vinotinto and Oro had more explosion. Plata, in a burst of speed, cutting left rivals towards the center, gave a ball to Luis Miranda, who, left alone in front of the goal on the right side, was filled with anxiety and sent the ball over the crossbar.
In one of Junior’s few dangerous plays, a Luis ‘Cariaco’ González individuality resulted in a hand in the area of defender Anderson Angulo. Roldán, who was close to the action, raised the whistle to his mouth and marked the infraction as a penalty. Miguel Ángel Borja was in charge of executing and with great class sent the ball to the back of the net. 13 goals in the championship for him.
Minutes later, a product of impotence due to the defeat, Gordillo saw the second yellow card in the 90th and was sent off.
With the away win, Junior posted a 2-0 aggregate score and will face América de Cali in the semifinal. Good game of sharks.
