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The curse ended. After eight years of suffering, Millonarios won again in the League from the penalty mark. The ambassador team defeated Once Caldas (7-6) in this way and became a finalist in the Liguilla.
Juan Moreno was the great figure of the night: he brilliantly saved a double shot in the 90th minute, stopped the decisive charge of the batch and saved what would have been another elimination, the third of the year, from 12 steps.
The last time the Albiazules had managed to win on penalties was, neither more nor less, than in the great final of Colombian football in 2012. That day, Luis Delgado became the hero of the star 14 after scoring and then saving the sixth penalty.
Henceforth they were only disappointments. In the 2014 Apertura, the blue fell 4-5 with Junior (El Campín); In the Apertura 2015, Cali was his executioner in Palmaseca 3-4 and in the Apertura 2016 it was Junior who won in Bogotá 2-4.
Interestingly, before all this, Millonarios had lost against Junior in 2011 by the same route. That tie, which culminated in a tie at three, was victory for the Barranquilleros by 5-4. In other words, they have won two series of the last six in the league.
However, the ambassador team celebrated in this way at the Copa Colombia and suffered in international tournaments. Regarding the first, the victims were Fortaleza (2013), Junior (2013) and Jaguares (2018); As for the second, his perpetrators were Paranaense (Copa Libertadores 2017) and Santa Fe (Copa Sudamericana 2018).
Based on all of the above, Millos has played 11 penalty shootouts since 2011, winning two and losing nine.
