Junior Beats América de Cali in Thrilling Match
Junior de Barranquilla emerged victorious over América de Cali with a 3-1 scoreline in an exciting match at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez. The victory came thanks to a strong performance in the first half, where Junior scored two goals through Y. Chara, the first assisted by J. Enamorado and the second by C. Bacca.
In the second half, América de Cali sought a comeback with a goal by H. Rivera, assisted by Y. Candelo. However, Junior sealed the outcome with an own goal by D. Bocanegra. América de Cali had the chance to reduce the deficit with a penalty in the 79th minute, but D. Vergara missed it.
The match was characterized by intensity, with a total of 16 fouls, 3 yellow cards (2 for América de Cali and 1 for Junior), and a total of 14 shots on goal (9 from América de Cali and 5 from Junior).
Substitutions america de cali: at minute 56 A. Ramos came in and A. Zapata went out., at minute 56 H. Rivera came in and E. Balanta went out., at minute 56 Y. Candelo came in and D. Mina went out., at minute 70 J. Quinones came in and R. Holgado went out., at minute 89 L. Gomez came in and F. Leys went out.
Substitutions junior: at minute 61 V. Cantillo came in and L. Gonzalez went out., at minute 61 B. Castrillon came in and J. Enamorado went out., at minute 74 S. Rodriguez came in and C. Bacca went out., at minute 84 E. Herrera came in and Y. Mosquera Moreno went out., at minute 84 M. Perez came in and Y. Chara went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Junior
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