Fabián Sambueza, Bucaramanga’s number 10, was a great figure for the ‘leopard’ team throughout the Santander team’s eleventh campaign.
His departure from the cardinal team occurred without obtaining the star. In fact, The Argentine midfielder had only won trophies with Junior de Barranquilla, until this first half of 2024. But with Bucaramanga it will go down in history, for achieving the first title for that Santander squad.
In the second leg final he assisted Jhon Emerson Córdoba in the first goal and although he did not take a penalty because he came on in the 81st minute for Leonardo Flores, he is respected as one of the references.
It was a tough game, and it seemed like Bucaramanga would win in the 90 minutes. However, the anguish spread in the prisons.
“I had cramps in my buttocks, I was shaking,” he told Daniela Caro, the journalist from Winabout how he lived the final round.
Fabián Sambueza, upon seeing that Aldair Quintana saved Millán’s last penalty, celebrated the achievement of the goal with all his might. However, his happiness bothered the president of Independiente Santa Fe, Eduardo Méndez. Sambueza himself confessed this in the official broadcast.
Although he did nothing wrong and let out the emotion of a unique moment, He apologized to the cardinals if they felt offended.
“It’s unique, it’s not the same when you’re in a big club like Santa Fe, Junior, Cali, who prepare for this. “We, with a lot of effort, knew that this was the moment and we could not let it pass.” He indicated and concluded by dedicating the title to his family, who have been in the best but also the worst moments of his career.
“Thanks to my family, my wife and my mother who is far away,” he concluded.
The Bucaramanga team is expected in ‘the beautiful city’ for the celebration. Jaime Andrés Beltrán, mayor of Bucaramanga, declared next Monday a civic day to extend the celebrations.
Santa Fe formed with Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo, Marcelo Ortiz, Julián Millán, David Pisciotti, Elvis Perlaza, Francisco Chaverra, Jhojan Torres, Daniel Torres, Jersson González, José Correa, Hugo Rodallega.
