Antioquia is left without home runs after 21 years

Independiente Medellín played the last card for the region. El Poderoso reached matchday 19 of the round-robin of the BetPlay 2024-I League with the possibility of advancing to the next phase although it depended on other results. However, despite the 0-1 victory over Envigado, they could not get the spot. to the semifinal home runs, because the scores of the other duels did not favor him.

The elimination of DIM left Antioquia without representatives, since Envigado, Atlético Nacional and Águilas Doradas, had already been left without the possibility of fighting for one of the spots. that were still in dispute. Pablo Repetto’s team had options – remote – until matchday 17 when they faced Pereira, but the narrow defeat left them without a chance. Águilas depended on himself and on other people’s results, so his classification was more difficult. Envigado, for his part, ran out of chances prematurely.

The last time that no Antioquia team qualified

It took 21 years for the region to not have representatives in the final phase of the League. The last time that no Antioquia team qualified for home runs was in the 2003 Apertura Tournament. That year, Independiente Medellín, Envigado and Atlético Nacional were left out early.

In that semester, 18 days were played and Medellín finished tenth with 25 points at the end of the round robinthe product of seven wins, four draws and seven losses. Envigado, for its part, was in box 13 with 22 points, after achieving just six wins, four draws and suffering eight defeats, and finally, Nacional finished in box 14 with only 20 unitsthe product of six wins, two draws and 10 losses.

After the home runs, the final was played between Once Caldas and Junior, and The Manizales team was the champion of that semester, earning a place in the Group Phase of the 2004 Libertadores, which it later won.

Since that year, at least one team from the region was present in the final phase of the Colombian League uninterruptedly for 21 years and In the 2012 opening, it was the last time in which neither Atlético Nacional nor Medellín did not qualify (they were in boxes 12 and 16 of the all against all respectively). That semester, the Antioquia representative was Itagüí, with a great campaign, adding 29 units, thanks to eight wins, five draws and five losses.

Cali, also without representatives in the Final Phase

The same situation exists in Valle del Cauca. América de Cali and Deportivo Cali were left out of the group of eight and will not be able to fight for the mid-year star. The antecedent, unlike that of Antioquia, is more recent and The last time the two teams did not qualify for the Final Phase was in the 2022 Apertura Tournament.

That semester, at the end of the round-robin (20 dates), both teams were left out of the group of eight and in very low positions in the table. America was in box 15 with 23 units, because he only added six victories and Deportivo Cali, was in the penultimate position with 18 pointsonly won four games and drew six.

Once the round-robin phase of the first half of 2024 is over, there will be no representatives from Antioquia or Cali in the home runs and There are five areas of the country that will be represented by the eight qualified for this stage of the tournament. Those classified are: Bucaramanga, Tolima, Pereira, Santa Fe, Equidad, Millonarios, Junior and Once Caldas.

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