Date 2 of the BetPlay II-2022 League semi-finals was played, and in group A Santa Fe and Millonarios are beginning to emerge as favorites to be finalists.
The ambassador won 0-1 in his visit to Junior de Barranquilla, and reached four points; Santa Fe has the same units, as it beat Pereira 2-0 in El Campín and is the leader for being group leader.
About Millonarios, his fans were more than satisfied with the way he beat Junior in a complicated place like Barranquilla. A single goal difference, but it could have been thrashed. In addition, he achieved a historic milestone in the Metropolitan.
It is the first time in history that Millonarios has won two games in a row against Junior at the Metropolitano. And you have to go back many years, 47, to find two victories in Barranquilla, but at the Romelio Martínez stadium.
The historical background makes Millonarios and Santa Fe excited about a possible final and, why not, a title.
And it is that Millonarios did not win two consecutive games in Barranquilla since 1975, the year in which Santa Fe was crowned champion of Colombian soccer.
There were two other occasions in which Millos won two games in a row in Barranquilla, but in different years: 1951 (1-4) and 1952 (1-2), the first, and 1971 (1-3) and 1972 (3-4). ), the second.
In 1951 and 1952, the champion was Millonarios. In 1971, Santa Fe was crowned in the Colombian league; and in 1972, the ambassador was crowned again.
History makes the two Bogota teams dream.
