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Colombian football will experience for the first time a final between Independiente Santa Fe and América de Cali, which will define the champion of the 2020 Betplay League, in a double duel that will take place on December 20 and 27, with the first leg at Pascual Guerrero and the return in El Campín.
However, internationally there has already been a final between cardinals and scarlets. It was 21 years ago, in the 1999 Merconorte Cup, curiously, starting in Cali and closing the continental tournament in Bogotá.
Merconorte was one of the two tournaments that Conmebol arranged to divide South American football – the other Cup was Mercosur. Clubs from Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia played there; then they invited teams from Mexico, although it was not in 1999.
Santafereños and Americans reached the final: on December 15, Santa Fe won 1-2 in Cali; On December 22, América won 0-1 in Bogotá, and the title was defined on penalties, in which the Red Devils celebrated by winning 3-5.
In Santa Fe Agustín Julio, Iván López, Hilario Cuenú, David ‘Cachaza’ Hernández, Wilson Cano and Aldo Leao Ramírez played, among others; Directed by Fernando el ‘Pecoso’ Castro.
While América had Robinson Zapata and Diego Gómez, Jersson González, Frankie Oviedo and Jairo Castillo, among the most prominent in Jaime de la Pava’s team.
