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After many inconveniences throughout the year, with managerial problems and a pandemic stoppage included, this weekend the two finalists of the 2020 League met: Santa Fe and America.
The Cardinals beat La Equidad in El Campín on Saturday and the Scarlets did the same in the Metropolitano against Junior, both markers finishing 2-1. Precisely regarding the above, in FUTBOLRED we analyze what the second leg of the semifinals left behind.
The good
– In the final, the best of 2020: Both Santa Fe and America, from the numbers, proved to be the teams that performed the most in the year. The cardinal team scored 47 points in 24 games and the Scarlets added 40. A deserved reward for consistency.
– Fair play: Since the final stages began, this was the only time that all the duels ended without an expulsion. In the quarterfinals there was a red one, in the quarterfinals there were five, the first leg had one and in the second leg they came out clean.
– Emotions from start to finish: In both keys three goals were scored. Curiously, the first annotations occurred in the first minutes (Santa Fe at 25 ‘, América at 30’) and the third goal of the game at the end (Santa Fe at 86 ‘, Junior at 71’).
The bad
– Final without the scorers: The Golden Boot had been disputed by Miguel Ángel Borja (Junior) and Matías Mier (Equity). Both were left out of the grand final, the first had 14 scores and the second with 10.
– Contagions by covid-19: Junior lived a real odyssey because of the virus. During the week, cases were reported by heap, including Luis Amaranto Perea, and days before it was only possible to have key figures such as Fuentes and Didier Moreno.
– Missing referents: On the sides of Santa Fe, Castellanos was injured at the last minute and his place was taken by Rodríguez. As for America, Vergara was not suspended. Finally, Junior missed Mera, accumulation of cards, González, injury, and Teófilo, who did not recover well, entered the second half.
The ugly
– Fights for infections and PCR tests: Throughout the week, the fights between América and Junior looking for those responsible for the wave of infections in the Barranquilla team went side by side. Pascual Guerrero was doubted, Amaranto clarified that since before there had been members of the staff with symptoms, Cruz Real responded strongly and the controversy over the dates on which the PCR tests were carried out broke out. All wrong.
– Dimayor’s controversial trill: Just before the return games were played, Dimayor published an image promoting the Colombian soccer final. Santa Fe and Junior appeared there. The premonition ended up being fulfilled in the middle.
