All the locals respected their house at the start of the semifinal home runs of the BetPlay I-2024 League. One of them was Junior, who beat Millonarios 2-1 in the Metropolitano de Barranquilla for Group A, in which Deportivo Pereira beat Atlético Bucaramanga by the minimum.
Sebastián Viera considers that the team led by Arturo Reyes was superior during most of the match. He made this known on his official X account (formerly Twitter). “Nope, they remembered that they were playing a final 10 minutes before the end of the game“, the Uruguayan wrote in response to a tweet in which they cited the words of Juan Pablo Vargas at a press conference, in which he stated that Junior had only been superior for the first 15 minutes.
In Caracol Radio’s VBar, the former goalkeeper extended his explanation and analysis of the match: “Vargas said that Junior was superior in the first 15 minutes of the match. At minute 80 it was going to be trilled that Millonarios was groggy on the field. Millonarios never woke up, he came in tired and ended up more tired. Junior himself woke him up. If Bacca is clear, if Olivera is not sent off or if Peña does not do what he does, the game ends 3-0. Junior got complicated”.
Regarding the performance of the Ambassador, he added: “Millonarios was a long team, they didn’t make three passes in a row, they didn’t go all out; It seemed like he wasn’t playing in a final, just one more game in the championship. I was surprised because they had a week to prepare for the game in which both teams had to be physically fit.”
Viera believes it was red for Peña
Arbitration controversies were also a topic on the program and Viera pointed out that, from his point of view, Jermein Peña should have received a direct red card by the attack on Leonardo Castro that ended with the VAR call and the penalty for the Millionaires discount.
“There was a play in which Montero took it very well from Bacca that shows what the game was. Junior’s touch and Millonarios’ passivity, the spaces in the middle were impressive. It seemed like they wanted to get the ball by looking. That’s how Millonarios went the entire game. Before, they came to group behind and go on a counterattack. This time they wanted to press up, those at the back retreated and there was a very big gap in the middle. No matter who they put, Toni Kroos, Larry Vásquez or whoever, that half of the field is going to be huge, it was impossible. They have to review what they did, they can’t cover the sun with a finger”Viera concluded.
On the second day, which will be played this weekend, Junior will visit Bucaramanga at the Alfonso López and Millonarios will be home against Deportivo Pereira at El Campín, but Before, both will have Copa Libertadores commitments against Universitario in Peru and Bolívar in Bogotá, respectively.
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