Independiente Santa Fe suffered a hard blow in the final of Liga Betplay I 2024 when they fell in the penalty shootout against Atlético Bucaramanga.
The dream of the tenth disappeared at home, where the red team had been very strong throughout the League.
The explanations include the plan for the round trip, the rush to come back and the last minute change of scheme, the difficulty of the field, the lack of aim and other issues, but some have remembered a bad streak that would also be added to the list of reasons.
The mufa goes through two authentic references that have unfavorable results, which have been confirmed this Saturday in El Campín.
The Torres case
Although he is coming off a very productive semester and making an infallible key with Hugo Rodallega, in reality Daniel Torres has not had any luck lately in finals.
With Independiente Medellín he played, last December, the round trip match against Atlético Junior
He played the 180 minutes of the definition against Junior. In the return he gave Edwuin Cetré the assist on a goal play that was disallowed and later, in the penalty shootout, he was the only one of the nine scorers who made a mistake.
With Santa Fe, this Saturday, he played 180 minutes but his game was especially gray, specifically the first half, and also, being the captain, he was not on kicker duty. Millán missed the last one.
Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo.
Photo:
Edwin Bustamante
The Mosquera case
It turns out that Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo, the key man in Santa Fe’s classification to the final, comes from a bitter experience.
The goalkeeper spent a good part of 2023 recovering from an injury in Medellín and, when he was barely recovering, he had to play in the final due to José Luis Chunga’s injury in DIM. He saved both games, conceded 4 goals and in the penalty shootout he did not save any of the five charges.
Now with Santa Fe he started again in the duels against Atlético Bucaramanga. He received two goals in the key and in the penalty shootout he saved one of seven charges.
