Junior gives Medellín the second win of the year

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There was no revenge for Independiente Medellín after seeing how the Colombian League title slipped away in the second half of 2023. Junior de Barranquilla became strong again at home and beat the Antioquia team 3-0, which accumulated its second defeat , by a landslide, of the championship, while the rojiblancos won two and tied one.

Arturo Reyes’ team came out overwhelming and in just two minutes they created a great chance. From the left, Déiber Caicedo faced and put a cross to the far post for the arrival of José Enamorado, who dived in and alone in front of the goal, could not put it in. The pressure from the local team led to constant errors in starting by those led by Alfredo Arias and, in turn, in the creation of opportunities.

Gabriel Fuentes opened the scoring

As a result of that pressure, Junior led José Ortiz to make a mistake, who tried to clear the ball and ended up combing it for Gabriel Fuentes, who entered the area and finished with power, sending it under the legs of Éder Chaux, who did not have a good night. in the Metropolitan.

The Antioquian team tried to react and began to create danger. At 17′ Gabriel Fuentes lost the ball, Yairo Moreno crossed from the right and in the small area he found Brayan León Muñiz, who couldn’t fit it under the three posts and sent it over.

Yairo Moreno began to be the most unbalanced man in the visiting team, as well as Anderson Plata. The former Deportes Tolima entered the 32nd minute on the right wing, cut towards the center and in turn eluded Rafa Pérez and Didier Moreno, but he was not precise in front of the goal, as his left foot went wide.

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Yairo was going to have another chance before the end of the first half. After a corner kick, the ball was left to the captain, who made a diagonal outward to find space and ended up finishing powerfully at the near post, which was well protected by Santiago Mele.

Yimmi Chará and Didier Moreno liquidated

Junior started the second half better and it didn’t take long to extend the lead. Around the 51st minute, Carlos Bacca received in the center of the field and enabled Yimmi Chará, who defined before the departure of Éder Chaux and made his debut as a scorer in the season of his return to the shark team.

The Barranquilleros continued trying to establish more difference and found it through the stopped ball. Déiber Caicedo took a corner kick from the left and Didier Moreno won the duel with José Ortiz to send it to the save with a header.

DIM tried and had a shot on the post with Baldomero Perlaza, but the Poderoso team did not find the right ways to score and ended up taking their second win of the semester, after the resounding debut against Millonarios with a 5-0 loss.

Junior’s next outing will be against Alianza in Valledupar. For its part, Medellín will face Deportivo Cali at the Atanasio Girardot.