Independiente Santa Fe once again fell short of achieving its tenth star; fell in the penalty shootout against Atlético Bucaramangathat won his first title in history. The capital team lost the last three finals it played in, all of them at home: Millionaires (2017)América de Cali (2020) and now Bucaramanga (2024).
The suspense and suffering of the penalties was rewarded for Bucaramanga. 11 charges were kicked; Agustín Rodríguez and Julián Millán, who had been the heroes sending the definition up to this point with their goalsthey did not convert, being Aldair Quintana one of the great figures of this title with his two saves.
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The capital team, which rowed from behind, coming back from a game in which it was two goals down, failed to raise its tenth star that has already eluded it on several occasions. Hugo Rodallega, who was the team’s most important player in the semester and managed to be the tournament’s top scorer with 12 goals, He regretted the defeat and was very affected by not having been able to lift the title.
In the mixed zone, the Valle del Cauca striker stopped to give some statements, initially taking stock of the game and regretting the defeat: “The balance is good, until the moment we lost the title, very sad, we are hurt, we wanted to give the title to the people. Unfortunately, we had to lose a penalty shootout after playing an almost perfect game, it hurts for everything we had done and it escapes the last,” he said.
The attacker, who had promised a star for the team, stated that the promise will continue and he will fight to achieve it, “We will continue trying, if we had won we would be thinking about 11, so now we have to accept defeat, it hurts, The fan and we were very excited, but this continues, and we have to aim for the title for the next semester.”.
“Now we have to go rest with the family, have a few days of vacation and then the preseason and think about winning the next title,” added the experienced scorer.
“I’m a little beat up, because I thought I had a fracture in my hand“The rest is to look and see if I can be okay. It hurts me more to know that we lost than any personal pain,” he said.
About the moment of the comeback: “We had the hope and we were convinced that we could win it, we thought we would continue on, we trusted the players to take the penalties, unfortunately it is football and we have to accept defeat.”
“The fan has to feel proud of this group that gave everything“Despite the adversity, the fan came and we on the field responded, it wasn’t given to us, but we responded and they know that,” he concluded.
