Last Saturday, Atlético Bucaramanga was proclaimed champion of the Apertura 2024 and gave the first star to the ‘auriverde’ fans. Rafael Dudamel’s team defeated Independiente Santa Fe on penalties and took the Olympic turn in El Campín. Fabián Sambueza, one of the creators of this unprecedented title, had a clash with Eduardo Méndez.
Sambueza, who won his third league in Colombian football (he had already made two Olympic appearances with Junior de Barranquilla), played a great game in Bogotá. The Argentine midfielder, 35, reported with a masterful assist on Jhon Emerson Córdoba’s goal and was a ‘nightmare’ for the ‘Cardinal’ defense.
The footballer born Zapala, who was also champion of the 2019 Super League with the ‘shark’, celebrated the title wildly. After Aldair Quintana saved Julián Millán’s penalty, ‘El Chino’ approached the stand where the ‘leopard’ crowd was located and, along the way, he received a complaint from the president of Santa Fe.
Let us remember that Sambueza had two stages on the ‘red express’. The former Temperley player managed to play 88 games (6,333 minutes) with Santa Fe, in which he scored 11 goals and 15 assists.
Fabián Sambueza celebrated Atlético Bucaramanga’s first title
“We are happy, I think we suffered too much, a match that we already had under control and in the end it got out of hand, but well, God wanted it to be that way. And we leave happy because we came out champions on a difficult field against a great rival “, the ’10’ of the ‘búcaros’ began by saying, in a conversation with ‘Win Sports’.
“Everything was cramping (in the penalties), my gluteus cramped, imagine how much I was shaking. So, well, happy,” added the offensive midfielder who emerged from Independiente de Neuquén.
Fabián Sambueza had a clash with Eduardo Méndez
“I ran into the president of Santa Fe and he got angry because I celebrated with the people of Bucaramanga. I have nothing against the people of Santa Fe. It is a club that I tried to give all the best of my life to. The people don’t love me, I don’t know why, but well, I want to publicly apologize to him (President Eduardo Méndez), to the people, and also thank all the people from Bucaramanga who come and who are happy,” he concluded.
