The qualifying phase of the 2022 Copa Conmebol Sudamericana for Colombia ended on the night of this Thursday, March 17 with the confrontation between Junior from Barranquilla and La Equidad.
The duel between the Atlantic and Bogotá squad sealed the series in the return key in Barranquilla that defined the second Colombian club installed directly in the group stage of the second most important continental tournament organized by Conmebol.
These were the payrolls of both teams in the game played at the Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez stadium:
BARRANQUILLA JUNIOR: 4-2-3-1 (DT: Juan Cruz Real)
Sebastian Viera; Fabian Viafara, Daniel Rosero, Jorge Arias, Yesus Cabrera; Homer Martinez, Didier Moreno; Fernando Uribe, Luis Gonzalez, Fredy Hinestroza; Miguel Borja.
EQUITY: 3-4-3 (DT: Alexis Garcia)
Sergio Roman; Bleiner Agron, Nicolás Palacios, Andrés Correa; Joan Castro, Juan Mahecha, Stalin Motta, Pablo Lima; David Camacho; Pablo Sabbag, Francisco Chaverra.
At minute 2, the first danger approaches of the match were recorded in favor of Junior. For stages of the match it became difficult to transport the ball due to the rain that invaded the grass of the barranquillero stadium from puddles.
The first shot at goal was recorded by Pablo Lima in minute 3 after a poor delivery by Junior on the start. Uruguayan goalkeeper Sebastián Viera saved and sent the ball to the corner kick in favor of Equidad.
Immediately after that corner in favor of the green insurance team, Junior reacted in the collective game and managed to break the zero on the scoreboard thanks to a pause made by Fredy Hinestroza in visiting midfield, who took a right cross that no one could clear. Miguel Ángel Borja managed to control the ball with the help of the poor state of the court and with his left leg defined the club of Sergio Román's right hand as follows:
In the 9th minute, Miguel Borja again generated danger in the goal of the Bogota team after a right shot from outside the box that crashed on the crossbar of the portico of La Equidad.
Equidad did not let himself be demotivated with the score down by the slightest difference and by the 18th minute he equalized the actions in Barranquilla with a surprising mid-distance shot by Francisco Chaverra, who was totally free of the mark in a corner kick rebound in favor of the insurance team:
At 36′ Junior knew how to take advantage again on the left wing with the figure of the curramba team, Fredy Hinestroza, who recorded his second assist of the night when the Venezuelan midfielder Luis Cariaco González pushed the shipment of his teammate in the hand to hand with goalkeeper Roman:
The match lost the fast pace it had in the first half and the fouls and melee demands of the footballers became noticeable in the complement.
Thus, in the 65th minute, the Colombian team striker, Miguel Ángel Borja, had to leave the field due to physical discomfort in his right thigh that prevented him from continuing the final 25 minutes. For the Córdoba ram, Carmelo Valencia entered to replace the attack that was no longer counting on Fernando Uribe, a variant of the second half for Junior by Edwuin Cetré.
In the 69th minute, Equidad goalkeeper Sergio Román showed off to avoid the 3-1 of the night after a free kick taken by Cariaco González in a non-existent previous foul on Fredy Hinestroza that Brazilian referee Raphael Claus blew.
The amplitude in the scoring for the locals reached the 81st minute after a maximum penalty that turned the Cartagena offensive midfielder Yesus Cabrera. The experienced flyer sent a crossed right to take the series in favor of the shark club:
At minute 84, Equidad tried to appeal to the formula that allowed him to open the account on the scoreboard. A shot executed by Carlos Rivas from pelota parada that passed near the left corner of the juniorist arc, narrowly ends in the discount from more than 30 meters away for Equidad.
200,000 dollars will receive Junior from Barranquilla for his qualification to the group stage of the Copa Conmebol Sudamericana after eliminating La Equidad with a 3-1 victory in the final scoreboard.
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