Junior seeks to beat the Patriotas at altitude
The first match of matchday 13 of the BetPlay League will be played in Tunja between Patriotas de Boyacá and Junior de Barranquilla. The locals have just won as a visitor against Deportivo Cali, however, they are still at the bottom of the standings, while Tiburón has a good present by occupying fifth position in the tournament with 21 points, the product of six wins, three draws and three defeats.
The objective of the Boyacenses is to get out of the relegation zone since classification is almost impossible because they have to win 100% of the available points. For their part, Arturo Reyes’ men are fifth and have a more favorable outlook since they only have to win their remaining matches in the Metropolitano to be in the final stage of the tournament.
“The group is 100% committed. We have suffered casualties, but we have also been able to discover players who had not had the opportunity to participate and are doing well. That is the case of Hinojoza, we are surprised that he is at his high level because we wanted him to reach that level and he is doing it,” said Jefferson Martínez, goalkeeper who will have the opportunity to start in the absence of Santiago Mele.
On an international level, it is worth mentioning that at the beginning of the week the draw for the Copa Libertadores de América was held and luck determined that Junior was placed in Group D along with Liga de Quito, Universitario from Peru and Botafogo from Brazil.