Teófilo Gutiérrez (DER), by Junior, during the series against Atlético de Cali.
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Junior de Barranquilla suffered more than the account, but stayed on Tuesday with the ticket to the quarterfinals of the Colombia Cup after overcoming Atlético de Cali in penalties. In the Pascual Guerrero stadium, the definition from the twelve steps ended 3-1 in favor of the rojiblanco team, which had the figure of Jefferson Martínez, two-shooting stop in the batch.
In the first leg, played at the Metropolitan Stadium, everything seemed aimed for the Atlantic team. With a double of the Paraguayan defender Javier Báez, those led by Alfredo Arias imposed 2-0, a marker that gave them confidence to face the duel back.
The sharks had not only hit first, but they also arrived as leaders of the Betplay League, facing a rival who occupies the twelfth box of the Ascent Tournament. However, Atlético showed that he had arguments to fight.
At the close of the first half of the rematch in Cali, the Valle del Cauca Escobar end opened the account. It was projected by the left wing, combined with a partner who enabled him inside the area and defined with power to overcome Jefferson Martínez's resistance.
While the Caleño team was solid in its approach, the Junior was inaccurate both individually and collectively. At times the team depended on the sparks of its Captain Teófilo Gutiérrez.
Ten minutes from the end of the regular time, the Argentine Juan Bautista Farías – son of Ernesto Farías, who passed through América de Cali almost a decade ago – balanced the series after receiving a great filtered pass from Gabriel Erazo. He defined crossed at the exit of the goalkeeper and put the global 2-2.
Deportivo Pereira classified to the quarterfinals
With the clock against, the rojiblancos tried to react, but they had no clarity, and the story was defined from the white point. In penalties, the pressure was felt on both sides. The locals went for the epic while the locals had to avoid historical elimination.
In the definition, goalkeeper Jefferson Martínez was decisive. He stopped the charges of Herazo and Farías. Junior turned three of his shots and Atlético just one, which sealed the classification of the Barranquilla team, which advanced to the next phase despite the scare lived in Cali.
Earlier, there was also drama in Bogotá with the series between Deportivo Pereira and Real Cundinamarca (5-5 in the global). The premises advanced with a penalty converted by Jayder Asprilla, but in the second half and Uber Quiñones matched and, about the end, Arney Rocha forced the penalties with somewhat agonized.
In the definition from the twelve steps the figure of the Uruguayan goalkeeper Salvador Ichazo, who stopped two shots and allowed those led by Rafael Dudamel emerging 4-3 from the white point in the roof metropolitan.
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