With an outstanding performance by Colombian striker Miguel Ángel Borja and Venezuelan creative Luis ‘Cariaco’ González, the Junior of Barranquilla defeated this Thursday by 3-1 to Equityin a duel of Colombian teams, and advanced to the group round of the South American Cup.
The rojiblancos took advantage of their strength at home and managed to go ahead with a goal from Borja, while ‘Cariaco’ González increased and closed the account, with a penalty, Yesus Cabrera.
The momentary parity was achieved by midfielder Francisco Chaverra, who made the locals fear a disaster, which did not happen.
With this victory, the Argentine coach Juan Cruz Real regains the confidence of the fans and managers because in the local tournament he started weak but has been improving until the costly payroll established game circuits to win.
The way to victory was opened by the striker Borja, who capitalized on a pass from Fredy Hinestroza. They were just five minutes into the game that was moved, especially by the onslaught of the local, urgent for victory to seal their passage to the next phase after 0-0 in the first leg.
Borja, who is among those summoned for the matches against Bolivia and Venezuela in the South American Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, crashed another ball against the horizontal.
Despite being down on the scoreboard, La Equidad did not give up looking for the properties of the Uruguayan Sebastián Viera, who began to have a job after the first quarter of an hour of the game.
Equality was found by Equity in the 19th minute when Francisco Chaverra released, from 40 meters away, a shot that Viera could not control although he tried to reach the ball with his hands.
Despite the fact that the draw took its toll, Junior did not stop looking for the advantage, the same that Venezuelan midfielder ‘Cariaco’ González got in the 37th minute, who took advantage of a pass from Borja to defeat Sergio Román’s resistance.
The second half resulted in less voltage because the teams suffered from the effort of the first part, so they dosed their forces.
In any case, the one who did the most to increase the score was the eleventh Tiburón who with Borja and ‘Cariaco’ González wove plays that could not finish the goal because his teammates made a mistake.
Borja, who left the field, alerted the coaching staff of the Colombian team because he limped off, he was replaced by Carmelo Valencia, who also contributed to the attack with shots well controlled by Román.
The goal that closed the night at 80 minutes was scored by Cabrera, from a penalty, because he was shot down by Palacio, who pushed him when he was on his way to goal. The last 10 minutes were formal because Junior hid the ball without giving La Equidad a chance to shorten the score.