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He is alive and scoring. It seemed that he was dying, they even gave him up for dead, few bet five cents on a victory of Junior against Independiente del Valle, the team that many considered the best in the entire Copa Libertadores. At least that said his perfect score and the zero mark he held. But, against all odds, the Sharks brought out their breed, showed their teeth and They bit off a 4-1 win that fuels their hopes of qualifying for the second round and it keeps them fighting in the tough Group A, where Flamengo, current champion of the continental tournament, recovered by beating Barcelona of Ecuador 2-1, in Guayaquil.
The first minutes gave the reason to those who were pessimistic. ANDhe Ecuadorian team seized the ball and showed off their touch before the almost reverential gaze of the host, who, however, was about to open the scoring on a long serve by Sebastián Viera that was left on a tray by Carmelo Valencia after a Independiente’s defensive blunder. The Chocoano was not outlined enough before his shot and it was his first ‘strike’ throwing him.
The visitor was respected too much in the genesis of the game and an apocalypse was coming in the Metropolitan Stadium, especially after Jacob Murillo exposed the lack of cunning and malice of Dany Rosero to contain his escape and enabled with a pass- goal to the Panamanian Gabriel Torres who only blew the ball to score.
That 1-0, which was being glimpsed by the foreign gig and thethe passive attitude of the rojiblancos, a little intimidated with the successful antecedents of the adversary, that beat Flamengo 5-0 on the previous date, was a pinch for Junior.
Little by little, with the push of the still ball charges, the bursts of association that Sherman Cárdenas was trying to lead and the constant mistakes that revealed cracks in the defense of the Ecuadorian clubJunior dared and took confidence.
Carmelo, thanks to an erratic rejection from the Ecuadorian defense, had another chance to finish undefeated in Independiente’s goal, but again failed. ‘Strike’ two. It was inevitable to miss Miguel Borja and think of Michael Rangel, who was on the bench.
However, ‘Tutunendo’, the man who was about to leave the team during the pandemic (his contract ran out and it was almost not renewed), was as or more prominent as when he scored the goal against America that gave him the Super League to Junior. He didn’t disappoint, he didn’t strike out.
He more than claimed responsibility for the two misguided definitions and made Borja forget. The tying goal, at the culmination of the first half, was the beginning of a triplet that puts the Chocoano in the history of the club as the first player to score a hat trick in the Copa Libertadores.
Encouraged by that target of ‘Tutunendo’, That from then on he would improve his aim a hundred percent, Junior finally began to whip his opponent and applied high pressure that forced several errors.
In the second half, with greater determination and security in those directed by Luis Amaranto Perea, and some excess and wear (perhaps due to humidity) of Independiente, Junior undertook a win that showed that whoever fights is not dead.
Carmelo took advantage of a great pass from Edwuin Cetré and he made it 2-1 with the serenity of a veteran. Then he protected the ball with the vividness that they have applied to Rosero twice (against Barcelona and last night) and defined accurately with a cross shot.
Triplet that gives Perea a pleasant headache, which eIn the next game, he will have to think about whether to put Carmelo with Borja or sacrifice one of the two.
The cherry on the cake was Hinestroza’s goal. A guided missile very much in his style. Victory without haste, forceful, with hierarchy. Clear evidence that Junior is more alive than ever.
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