Junior champion of the Colombian Super League Soccer Dimayor – Colombian Soccer – Sports

History repeated itself as it happened last Tuesday in Barranquilla. This Friday the control of the game was Junior and he deservedly kept the Super league 2020 by defeating 0-2 at Cali America in the Pascual Guerrero.

In 2019 it surpassed Tolima and this time the goal difference helped him to win a new title in the tournament, as he had lost 1-2 at home. Junior came out to pressure the red box in his field and from the first minutes disturbed the scarlet defense. He anticipated his rival and gave him few spaces to interact.

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In the 9th minute, Miguel Borja went to the bottom on the right, the ball even crossed the last line but crossed the opposite sector where he received Freddy Hinestroza, who eluded winger Daniel Quiñones, hooked in and with his right leg he finished crawling between Éder Chaux’s legs to put his team up. The side Alejandro Gallego did not see the action, and again the absence of the VAR was noted.

The difference was made by the ‘shark’ team from the middle of the court, where Didier Moreno did not allow Rafael Carrascal a chance to exit or maneuver John Arias. And much less up to Duván Vergara and Adrián Ramos. Light attack on the premises and Junior calmly handled the actions with the result in his favor, temporarily leading to the resolution of the Super League to charges from the penalty spot.

This time in the rojiblanco cast, Freddy Hinestroza stood out, the novelty and bet of Julio Comesaña in this match to recover the ball, like the Venezuelan Luis ‘Cariaco’ González with the possession of the ball, putting the scarlet flyers in trouble. Without being a flood, he did things better and more calmly.

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Gabriel Fuentes was scared with a left-foot shot near the horizontal, in the 39th minute. Carrascal lifted a corner kick at 41 very close to the right post, which almost surprised Sebastián Viera. But again Hinestroza reached the red area in danger. Then a poor start by Chaux on a charge from the left narrowly allows Junior to increase the lead.

In the second half, America seemed to have another intention, but it was not powerful enough to even the contest.

Hinestroza returned to execute a free kick that kissed the horizontal again, at 11.

Vergara, who this time went unnoticed, had a shot in the 30th minute after a corner kick, but Viera saved without problem.

At 33, it was John Arias who finished off, from the youthful Santiago Moreno, but the ball was deflected over the left vertical.

On 37, Viera served long, the ball went to the field of America for ‘Teo’ Gutiérrez to comb it over Luis Paz towards Carmelo Valencia, who arrived alone against Chaux and touched him to leave the 0-2 that buried the red illusion.

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In the replacement time, Ureña had the option to mark the discount, but Viera held back the auction. Then it was Adrián Ramos with a free kick taken by the Uruguayan goalkeeper. Apart from the defeat, there was much concern in America for its lack of forcefulness in attack. Urgent, he lacks a center forward. And the Copa Libertadores is coming, visiting next Wednesday against Internacional in Porto Alegre.

America 0, Junior 2

America: Éder Chaux (5); Daniel Quiñones (4), Marlon Torres (5), Juan Pablo Segovia (5), Edwin Velasco (5); Luis Alejandro Paz (5), Rafael Carrascal (5), Carlos José Sierra (6), John Arias (6), Duván Vergara (8); Adrián Ramos (6).