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December 25, 2020 – 11:55 pm
Newsroom of El País
América de Cali has prepared all this week with great passion and seriousness to face, this Sunday, the second leg of the great final of Colombian football against Santa Fe in El Campín de Bogotá.
Those led by Juan Cruz Real will come to this match with the important 3-0 advantage obtained last Sunday at Pascual Guerrero, and even a defeat (by up to two goals) would leave them as the 2020 champions.
However, the ‘Cardinals’ surely will not give up, and so they rely on the statistics that favor them over the Scarlets in their direct confrontations in the capital.
The numbers
According to the statistician Juan Manuel García, América and Santa Fe have played 115 matches in El Campín, with a balance of 52 defeats, 42 draws and only 21 victories for the ‘Diablos’.
In the clashes between both teams in final instances, which have been fourteen, the statistics also favor Santa Fe in terms of games won (8), but according to García, those 14 markers that were presented would serve America to become champion. .
The only American victory over Santa Fe in their recent finals was on December 4, 1991. That day, the ‘Mecha’ won 3-1 with scores from Jorge el ‘Polilla’ Da Silva, ‘Pony’ Maturana and Freddy Eusebio Rincón.
Unbeaten in two-legged finals
Within what is this statistical confrontation, America has one that generates respect: it has never lost in the finals that it has played in a double game in the Colombian tournament.
Under this modality, the scarlets have played 15 games, within which they have won ten and drawn five.
Also, as long as the Reds won at least one of the two games, they were champions.
The only finals that lost in a double confrontation were those of 1999 and 2008-I, both by definitions from the penalty spot.
In that of 99 the scarlet team fell to Nacional after 1-1 and 0-0, while in the first half of 2008 it was victim of Chicó on penalties after a double and even 1-1.
Bucaramanga (1997), Medellín (2001 and 2008-II), Nacional (2002) and Junior (2019) have been the victims of the Valle del Cauca squad in this type of confrontation. If the statistics hold up, America would be champion of Campín this Sunday.
Of lime and sand in recent visits
On the other hand, the last visits of America to El Campín to play against Santa Fe have produced results of all kinds.
The most positive recently obtained, without a doubt, was that of August 2019, when the ‘Diablos’ prevailed 2-1 with scores from Michael Rangel and Yesus Cabrera.
In this 2020, in addition, those of Juan Cruz eliminated the ‘Cardinals’ in the round of 16 of the Colombia Cup on penalties.
However, Bogotá’s have also had good results against America. This year, for the League, they beat them 2-0, while in the final home runs of 2019 they prevailed at home 2-1.
Finally, in 2018, the ‘Red Express’ beat the Cali scarlets 3-0, a result that tomorrow would serve to equalize the series and force the definition on penalties.
But, as that saying goes, “statistics are just that, statistics,” and America will pay more attention to its good football in order to achieve its coveted fifteenth star.
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