[Sport] La Calera says goodbye with dignity

[FNX Magokiler]

Juan Pablo Vojvoda's team showed a much higher level than Junior, but failed to finish on penalties. The Chilean key cannot be specified.

The battle of La Calera in the South American Cup ended sadly. With that feeling that perhaps he deserved much more. Despite showing a much higher level at Nicolás Chahuán, Junior was more accurate in the penalty shootout and was installed in the quarterfinals. The illusion of having a Chilean key ended abruptly.

The first blow of the afternoon came when not even a minute had been completed. Miguel Borja surprised in attack and took a powerful shot from outside the area that left Alexis Martín Arias without options. It was 1-0 for a Colombian team that had triumphed 2-1 in the first leg. Junior was in advantage and La Calera began to move away from the classification.

 

However, Juan Pablo Vojvoda's squad responded with their best version. The effort of Yonathan Andía on the right side, the prominence of Thomas Rodríguez and the constant danger of Andrés Vilches caused more than a scare in Junior's goal. The settlement, until then, was the only debt of La Calera in Nicolás Chahuán.

The picture changed in the final part of the first half, when Erick Wiemberg launched a cross from the left, Junior rebounded and the ball was caught by Fernando Cordero, who equalized the score with a first-rate shot. Great goal from the former UC, and euphoria on the La Calera bench that revived in time. Vojvoda's cry was the reflection of a latent hope.

La Calera was very close to leaving at halftime with the same goal. Cordero took center stage on the left and led an onslaught that Junior suffered. In the added fourth minute, Andrés Vilches gave Cordero himself a header and he threw a shot overhead. It was a warning for what would happen at the start of the plugin.

 

 

After a spectacular save by Alexis Arias, La Calera generated danger again. Cordero himself threw a cross in the 59th minute and Juan Leiva appeared to score the second goal with a precise header. The two figures of the meeting came together to unleash the relief in the La Calera campus. The classification looked closer and closer.

Junior showed fatigue in the rest of the match and La Calera maintained his intensity. The expulsion of Teófilo Gutiérrez (for violation of Christian Vilches) further complicated the Colombian team. The red one to Larry Vasquez, too. Nicolás Stefanelli had the clearest in the agony, but the shot went to the side of the goal. No matter how hard he tried, La Calera could not score the third and history had to be defined by penalties.

Stefanelli himself missed the first with a disastrous shot and gave a hard blow to La Calera, who did not recover. Andrés Vilches also sent the ball over the goal, and ended up sinking the Chilean squad in the Copa Sudamericana. Arias, meanwhile, could not against Junior's precision. Goodbye with pride.