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After the day of intense football, fast-paced, frenetic, offensive, aesthetic and back and forth provided by the Premier League, where Tottenham beat Manchester United 6-1 and Aston Villa beat Liverpool 7-2 , delighting the retina and making the heart beat, in these parts, on the other side of the pond, it was time to appreciate the embarrassing spectacle that Junior and Patriots gave in a match on day 11 of the League with more yawns than emotions, with more blunders what successes, with much disappointment and no admiration.
It was a mediocre 0-0 from various points of view. Zero in everything. At times it seemed like a duel between married and single. Slow, monotonous and with permanent, abundant and desperate inaccuracies. Blooper after blooper advanced the game on a court just as deficient as the process of the game. The grass was so high that the players’ lines disappeared. To make matters worse, in the television broadcast, due to a backlight issue (because there are difficulties to record on the other side), the demarcation of the pitch was not seen during much of the initial stage.
When the sun went down, the areas, the central bomb and the lines that mark the area of action could be better appreciated. What could never be seen was good football.
The archers were closing the first half with the immaculate diver and the new gloves. Only in the throes of the first period were there some skirmishes in the red and white area, in which José Luis Chunga responded with confidence.
Junior, who against Envigado had not built a single goal option, nor did he even make a wall in the Patriotas area until minute 45 when ‘Cariaco’ González and Cetré wasted rebounds that were served in front of the goal in the run of the same play. A match and a half passed for those led by Luis Amaranto Perea to approach with real danger in the league competition.
After the sleepy first part, the second didn’t get much better. The passivity, excessive precautions, the mistakes in passing the ball, the lack of aggressiveness and dynamics on both sides continued, but, thus, at mid-march, with little ambition, determination and aggressiveness, Junior managed to produce some goal options for his meek rival, but Michael Rangel ruled out a couple of times and several crosses and passes did not find punctual finishers.
Patriotas, who at the beginning of the second period caused a couple of scares in Chunga’s cabin, who once again showed himself well, reflected why he is one of the champions of the championship and has not won a single game so far. He only needed to score an own goal.
Although Tunja has not historically been an easy place for Junior, Perea and his pupils were too satisfied with the point. Although he denies it, the conservative changes that were presented showed it. Point in hand was preferred to going in search of more. For that and everything else it is a mediocre draw.
Minute by minute
35. Free kick executed by Gabriel Fuentes that went over the local goal.
38. Barrios escapes to the right before a failed rejection by Fuentes and did not kick the goal or send the center in what was a good offensive opportunity for Patriotas.
40. Great save by José Luis Chunga against Barrios’ low shot.
45. Luis ‘Cariaco’ González wastes a clear goal opportunity that was left to him after a bad rejection by the host defense. The goalkeeper put his humanity in the shot and the rebound fell to Cetré who defined in a terrible way.
Second time
46. Individual play by Diego Mantilla who took Chunga well and safely.
54. Daniel Buitrago snatches the ball from Fuentes, eludes a couple of men and tries to bathe Tunja, but the ball goes over the crossbar.
61. Cetré, at mid-machine, escapes to the left and Rangel fails when trying to connect the ball in the small area. He only managed to touch it.
65. Viáfara’s projection on the right and a low center that went from stick to stick without finding a finisher.
66. Hand in the area of Patriotas in a header from Rosero. It was a penalty and the referee ignored it.
68. Michael Rangel defined totally deflected a pass that ‘Cariaco’ González put him on the edge of the area.
88. Shot from sources that the archer blatantly rejects.
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