¡Bucaramanga, at a firm pace for his first title! The Santander team won the first leg of the Colombian League, after beating Santa Fe 1-0 at the Alfonso López stadium. The painting directed by Rafael Dudamel had a great performance, was solid in defense and forceful on the attacking front, to take the victory and advantage to define the star next Saturday in Bogotá.
The capital team did not feel comfortable and never managed to find the football that took them to the grand final of Colombian football, he only finished once on goal. Through by Francisco Chaverrawho received the ball, crossed the middle of the field on his left wing and then tried to surprise the goalkeeper Aldair Quintana with his shot from such a distance, but the Tolima goalkeeper reacted well, who retraced his steps and sent the ball to the corner kick.
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After this, he never again got dangerously close to the goal, even saving himself on several occasions from receiving the second goal of the match. However, The team led by the Venezuelan, Rafael Dudamel could not increase the difference on the scoreboard and closed the game with a short victory.
There was so much happiness painting ‘Leopard’, that the game ended in chaos among the Santander fans. An unusual situation occurred, an invasion of fans of the local team, who were questioned on social networks, since it was only the first of the two games of the great definition and they celebrated as if the title had already been defined.
Santa Fe, for its part, will have to make adjustments to be able to reverse the series against a team that has not lost in Bogotá throughout the semester. The champion will be known next weekend in the capital; however, The ‘Cardinal’ team has a bad record defining the finals at home after losing in the first game.
Santa Fe has played seven finals since the short tournaments were held, of which it won three and does not have its best record in finals after losing in the first duel, since in none of them has it managed to come back in the series and was always runner-up.
This fact excites Atlético Bucaramanga fans, who dream of raising their first star in Colombian soccer.. Besides that, In the last two finals that he defined at home, he was defeated and he had to see his rival turning around at his house.
- In the last final he played in 2020 fell to América, lost 3-0 in the first game in Cali and at home, despite winning 2-0, they were unable to turn the series around and saw the Scarlets take the Olympic turn in El Campín.
- At the end of 2017which was an unprecedented final between the capital teams, Millonarios won the title against León. Santa Fe fell 1-0 in the first leg against the blues when they were a visitorin the second leg, where they were officiating at home, the game ended in a 2-2 draw, a result that gave the 15th star to the Ambassadors, forcing them to watch their rival turn around before their people.
- It should be noted that in the 2013-2 final, Although they did not lose in the first leg, which ended 0-0 against Nacional in Medellín, they did lose the final at home, falling 0-2 in the second leg and resigning themselves to seeing the Antioqueños lift the title in their stadium.
