Junior managed to make Atanasio nervous, who ended up celebrating furiously

The sadness on the faces of the juniors at the end of the game spoke volumes. The standings were there, close, a stone’s throw, but unfortunately it slipped from their hands as the minutes passed.

The ‘Shark’ arrived in Medellín on Tuesday night excited about taking the place in the I-2022 League final and on the pitch, for long stretches of the game, he showed that desire and desire to damage the purslane lot. But luck – which was never on their side – and bad aiming eventually took their toll, because scoring, fighting and being superior isn’t enough if the goals don’t come in eventually, as happened in the key games of the semester.

Junior managed to make a packed Atanasio Girardot nervous, who put on a colorful party, full of smoke and green and white flags.

Songs, shouts, applause and music, through musical instruments, graced the stands in the middle of a cold and wet night. Everything seemed given for a perfect show, without so much suffering.

But it wasn’t like that. Soon those faces of joy changed to faces of fear as those led by Argentinian Juan Cruz Real not only took the lead on the scoreboard but played the game the way they wanted.

The cries of encouragement turned to maverick cries after Hinestroza’s goal, which silenced the Antioquians’ highest podium. “How are you! Let’s go! Twice in a row, hombeee! Metannn!” they shouted from all sectors of the west stand.

But the ‘Shark”s strange suicide reaction after the goal, coming up behind and giving the rival the lead, stirred up a fan who had been ‘groggy’ but knew there was still a ‘world’ of the game ahead of the game. bow was trying to turn the situation around.

There, the show was reactivated in the stands, which showed more than their own team on the field. In the stands the purslane party was rewarded with goals from the ‘Dukes’, Jefferson and John.

Then everything suffered. Junior got back into the game and the fans gritted their teeth at every red and white approach. They wildly celebrated the goals that Borja missed as if they were their own notes, filling Viera, Uribe and Borja themselves with insults, the last two with purslane from the past. And they eventually called for time as the away goal loomed and that could complicate things in the closing minutes of the game.

Finally happy with the win and recognition for the rival, especially for the most notable, such as Dany Rosero, Carlos Esparragoza and Fredy Hinestroza. “That pelao plays a lot,” Esparragoza exclaimed over and over. “He has personality,” she added. “What a safety of that Rosero, it stops everything, brother,” she emphasized to the defender. “Hinestroza made us the game, everyone, how did that man get him, parce,” they emphasize to the Antioquia midfielder, who left his soul on the field.

From their team, they appreciated the great performance of Sebastián Gómez, the best of Nacional, and the dedication of the defensive quartet, starring Candelo, Olivera, Cabal and Banguero.

Party at the Atanasio, where the qualification to the League final was thoroughly enjoyed. The crowd acknowledged that their team wasn’t playing the best game, but in the end it was all about returning to a final after four years. Junior, crestfallen, left the stadium feeling like they had him there, but they didn’t.