Junior from Barranquilla was drawn as Colo Colo’s rival for the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores. The Colombian team finished as leader of Group D with ten points, like Botafogo, but the better goal difference led Tiburon to be the winner of the group stage of the international tournament.
However, within the six games that were played throughout the group stage, Junior de Barranquilla added two wins and four draws. He did not lose any game, but he did not know how to win at home at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium, located in the town of Barranquilla..
Although it has an important achievement of achieving the lead in the group and being one of the three clubs that finished undefeated in the group stage, The Colombians suffered more than necessary as a local. Junior from Barranquilla did not know how to win a match in Colombia during this stage of the competition.
There were three draws in the coffee team at home in the Copa Libertadores: they tied one to one with Universitario de Perú in their first home game; tied by the same score with Liga de Quito; and finally, it added a zero to zero equality with Botafogo despite having one more man on the field for just over half an hour.
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Junior de Barranquilla’s matches at home in the 2024 Copa Libertadores
Junior vs University (1-1)
The first of the meetings was held on April 9, receiving a visit from the University of Peru in Barranquilla. The match ended with a one-on-one draw, despite the fact that the Colombians had to fight from behind to even the scores on the scoreboard.
Aldo Corzo, Peruvian defender, opened the scoring for Universitario in Colombia at 22 minutes. A few before halftime arrived, Junior’s team reached parity through their forward Deiber Caicedo. A match in which Tiburon had greater possession of the ball (68%), generated little danger to the Peruvian goal with only three shots on goal.
Junior vs LDU de Quito (1-1)
Their second home game was against the Quito League of Ecuador. The match was played on April 23, where penalties were the protagonists of the match. It all started with a penalty foul in favor of Junior, which Carlos Bacca converted into a goal after twelve minutes.
However, the Ecuadorian team would also have a penalty in their favor at the end of the first half, which Paraguayan Alex Arce ended up scoring. But, the Colombian team would have a new penalty with ten minutes remaining, but which the Venezuelan Luis González ended up wasting.
Junior vs Botafogo
The last participation of the Colombians at home in the group stage was against Botafogo. A match that ended with a zero-zero draw and was played on May 28. In this duel, the Brazilians suffered with the expulsion of Uruguayan Diego Hernández, who saw the red card directly in the 61st minute.
