you have to be up to the task

You have to take advantage of the emotional momentum. Beyond the rival and the 2,600 altitude of Bogotá, Junior must face La Equidad with the same intensity and combativeness with which he beat Nacional 3-1, the previous Wednesday at the Metropolitano stadium.

Motivated by that victory and by the incorporation of an idol from the club’s history like Carlos Bacca, the ‘Tiburones’ will face the ‘Insurers’, this Saturday, starting at 8:10 pm, at the Metropolitano stadium de Techo, on the third day of League II.

As locals or visitors, the responsibility of the rojiblancos is the same, to win, and to achieve it the first thing they must keep up is the attitude, determination, grit, ambition, desire to win and all the pride that was seen before the current champion.

Juan Cruz Real and his team have the challenge of maintaining the regularity they have shown in Barranquilla in terms of results and performance on other courses.

The previous semester it was difficult for the team to develop its soccer idea and add points when it left the ‘Metro’. And on the first date of the league competition of the second part of the year, it was no different and lost 1-0 to Patriotas, from Tunja, with a discreet performance.

URIBE IS BACK. To face this second challenge away from home, Junior will not yet include Bacca, who will make his debut next Saturday, against Santa Fe, in the Metro, but he will once again have Fernando Uribe, absent in the match against the ‘Verdolagas’ for a difficult family situation, the delicate state of health of his mother.

Uribe left the team since last Saturday, to accompany and support his mother, and reported back to Barranquilla since the previous Wednesday.

He managed to train with the full group Thursday and Friday. Cruz Real summoned him and this Friday he traveled to the capital. He could be a starter.

The inclusion of Uribe instead of Jhon Pajoy is the only novelty among the players who traveled to Bogota territory. The rest of the group is the same that defeated Nacional.

The helmsman would continue betting on the ‘Winning Shark’ and would only make one change, the entry of Uribe for Carmelo Valencia. Although it is also presumed that he could include José Ortiz, one of the four new faces, in the rear instead of Nilson Castrillón.

THE RIVAL. La Equidad, directed by Alexis García, adds two draws in its first two games. They tied 2-2 in their hometown and 1-1 against Once Caldas, at the Palogrande stadium, in Manizales.

The Bogotá squad, which this Friday announced the hiring of experienced attacker Duvier Riascos, is usually a tough nut to crack due to its style of play. It won’t be easy for Junior, so he has to rise to the occasion.