Junior turned eight on his 98th birthday and Eleven got away with it. Organized, combative and with some luck, the ‘Blanco-Blanco’ darkened the local attack and took the 2-1 victory of a packed and enthusiastic Metropolitano stadium.
Sorry about the loss. The red-and-white fans put on a colorful and joyful party to celebrate the club’s 98 calendars and lived with passion the previous one and the match of the sixth day of League II, but the end was the most bitter for all the juniors.
Ayron Del Valle, at 25 minutes, from a penalty, and Marlon Piedrahita, with a free kick that deflected off Edwuin Cetré’s head at 90+4, scored the goals that marred the birthday celebration.
The visiting team made it difficult for the local. Despite the pressure of a full and vibrant stadium, those led by Diego Corredor were not intimidated and managed to counteract the intensity and offensive tides that Juan Cruz Real’s pupils tried to impose.
The eleven whites were cornered in their territory and kept orderly and awake. Junior lacked the quota of spark, precision and clarity necessary to penetrate and reach danger. The attempts of Wálmer Pacheco on the right and Fredy Hinestroza on the left were not enough.
Pacheco was well escorted all the time, while Hinestroza found Jorge Cardona hard to pass. When the left-hander managed to beat the winger and send the cross, Fáiner Torijano and Jéider Riquett appeared to reject.
In the midst of that sterility on the sides, the inoffensive actions of Carmelo Valencia and the lack of inspiration of Yesus Cabrera and Fabián Sambueza, who asked for the ball and tried without rounding off a good chance, Caldas found himself with the advantage after a throw-in that distracted the defensive system of the ‘Sharks’.
Hinestroza, in his desperation to take the ball when he was fighting it with Ayron Del Valle, held it and referee Diego Ulloa, who was slow to resume and encourage the much vaunted “effective time of play”, immediately marked the charge from twelve Steps.
Del Valle stopped at the white point, surpassed Viera and uncorked the scoreboard in the red and white celebration. Too much prize for an eleventh player who only dedicated himself to protecting his goal at that initial stage.
The penalty executed by Ayron Del Valle. pic.twitter.com/XLB3QoRep2
– SportsEH (@DeportesEH) August 8, 2022
The fans were not daunted and encouraged the shark team more when the Bolivarian celebrated the goal. However, Junior did not find the route to the nets guarded by Chaux and ended up frustrated in the first stage.
In the second half, with the entry of Carlos Bacca, who should have made Cruz Real the starter (that’s what he came for), Junior became more dangerous.
With only ten minutes on the field, the Buenos Aires player was about to score on a center by Hinestroza and served the equalizer on a plate to Yesus Cabrera, who crashed his shot off the crossbar after deflecting a defender.
The team improved even more with the entry of Edwuin Cetré, who added some of the pepper that was missing and on a ball that the winger low to Giraldo after a cross from Hinestroza, Fabián Sambueza, with a half volley, converted the tie. A great goal and explosion of joy in the stadium.
Fabián Sambueza’s great goal. His departure from the field was not well understood. pic.twitter.com/U3tpf1wlXC
– SportsEH (@DeportesEH) August 8, 2022
The emotional momentum in the stands and on the court seemed to turn the cake, but little by little, Eleven put ice on the fiery host onslaught. Especially after the income of Gabriel Fuentes and Nelson Deossa and the expulsion of Didier Moreno.
The substitutions had no positive effects, they changed the module and messed up the team. Sambueza looked plugged in and his output was not understood. Deossa and Fuentes did not enter successful. The red that Moreno received for a strong entry worsened the picture. To make matters worse, Rosero was injured.
Junior lost the ball and Once Caldas knew how to keep the ball away from his area. When he had the opportunity, with the consent of the referee, he burned time (as everyone does in Colombia) and extinguished the rojiblancos’ attempts.
When it seemed that the game ended evenly, Piedrahita tested his powerful shot in a long distance shot and with the lucky deflection of the ball in the head of Cetré, he scored the winning goal 2-1. The veteran winger did not celebrate for his rojiblanco past and neither did the juniors. It was a party with a bitter end.
Piedrahíta’s goal that sentenced Junior’s defeat. pic.twitter.com/xReHUevNIm
– SportsEH (@DeportesEH) August 8, 2022
MINUTE BY MINUTE
FIRST TIME
6. Hinestroza’s past center that Wálmer Pacheco lowers to Carmelo, but a defender anticipates and avoids the striker’s shot.
12.Daniel Giraldo’s shot with some danger.
23. Penalty in favor of Once Caldas for Hinestroza’s grab on Ayron Del Valle after taking a throw-in.
25. Caldas goal. Del Valle executes low, to the right hand of Viera, who launched himself to his left.
28. Hinestroza’s left-handed shot that had a candle. It lacked a little more direction.
44. Hinestroza’s free kick that Chaux rejects.
SECOND TIME
53. Hinestroza’s center that Bacca headed. The ball passed close to Chaux’s left upright.
55. Yesus smashes the ball into the horizontal after taking a pass from Bacca, who caught a rebound with Cháux out. Banguero managed to deflect the powerful shot from Cartagena.
61. Cetré steals a ball to the right, advances and puts in a great pass that Hinestroza devours. He defined without enough precision.
66. Junior’s goal. Hinestroza’s center that Cetré, with a great jump, lowers Giraldo and he touches it, biting Sambueza, who finishes off with a half volley and scores. great goal
71. Piedrahita’s shot that forces a stretch from Viera.
83. Collection of poisonous flank from Hinestroza and the defense of Caldas almost scored an own goal.
90+4. Piedrahita’s free kick that deflects on Cetré’s head and sneaks into Viera’s goal.