The ‘leopard’ team beat Independiente Santa Fe in the penalty shootout and obtained the first star in its history.
Daniel Mondragón.
Atlético Bucaramanga became champion of Colombian Professional Soccer after losing 3-2 in 90 minutes and beating the ‘lion’ 6-5 in the penalty shootout. The ‘leopard’ embroidered the first star in its history on its shield.
The match had difficult weather conditions that harmed both teams from the beginning of the match with a field full of water holes and that caused the pace of the match to be extremely slow from the beginning.
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Santa Fe came out to show why they should be feared in Bogotá and Hugo Rodallega opened the scoring 10 minutes into the game after an excellent play by Jhojan Torres and everything seemed to indicate that those led by Pablo Peirano were going to remain ahead on the scoreboard .
However, the visiting team began to settle in and Santa Fe had to replace David Ramírez Pisciotti after the goal. The game became even and about 30 minutes into the match, Bucaramanga mounted a great counterattack led by Fabián Sambueza, who gave a luxury pass to Jhon Córdoba so that he scored across the left post of the goal defended by Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo.
In the second half, another side of the ‘lion’ was expected, but Bucaramanga quickly gave him a blow of authority with a goal from Daniel Mosquera in the 48th minute and silenced the El Campín stadium.
The ‘cardinal’ cast was forced to launch constant centers into the area in the midst of desperation and could not find the paths. However, a corner kick rebounded in the small area and Julián Millán appeared to tie the match and revive the thousands of attendees at the Campín.
Once again, the still ball became the protagonist and after a corner kick there was a fight in the area that for referee Betancour was a penalty and Agustín Rodríguez assumed the responsibility of kicking the charge that transformed the goal and Santa Fe was able to take the series to a conclusion. penal lottery.
The round had suspense and a mistake on each side during the first charges, but in the end it was Aldair Quintana who became a hero and covered the seventh charge from Julián Millán so that the Atlético Bucaramanga fans exploded with joy and made history.
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