He draw to know the keys to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores It took place this Monday, Junior from Barranquillathe only representative of the country, was paired with Colo-Colo from Chilehe worst second of the entire group stageit only added a victoryon date 1 against Cerro Porteño.
For its part, the ‘shark’ painting culminated unbeaten in his group, although, pending the definition of group C, The Colombian team will be the worst first in the group stagewith only ten points added, while Bolívar added thirteen points and is the sixth worst first in the first phase.
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In spite of the losing streak of the Chilean team, The press of that country has celebrated the pairing with Junior, calling him favorablebut even more controversialstating that the Barranquilla team is a team “full of old people”; However, this premise is not entirely true, because according to the portal ‘Transfermark‘, both teams They are 26.9 years old in average age.
Chileans and Colombians They will face each other the week of August 14 at the Monumental stadium in Chilewhile the rematch will be a week later at the Metropolitano de Barranquilla, home of the Colombia selection.
Although in Chile they have celebrated the draw, the reality is that the only antecedent between both teams it occurred, curiously, in the round of 16 of the 1994 Copa Libertadores; On that occasion the Barranquilla team won from the penalty shootout and qualified for the quarterfinals, that edition was the best participation of the ‘shark‘, arriving to semi-finalslosing to Velez Sarsfield.
