Finals of the DIM as a visitor leave a great memory and many troubles

The youmost significant title that Independiente Medellín has achieved in recent years he did away from home. The fans of the team adhere to this fact, who maintain the illusion that the red team will achieve, next Wednesday in Pereiraare seventh star in the League.

The Powerful drew 1-1 with Deportivo Pereira in the first leg of the final and in the stadium Hernan Ramirez Villegas wants to shout champion under the guidance of David Gonzalez, who coincidentally he was the club’s goalkeeper in 2002when the red cast gave the Olympic lap in Departmental Libertad, where he ended the 45-year drought without winning the title, after winning the series at sports grass.

Back then the Village Team won the first match of the series on Paisa soil 2-0, and in the return match, in the capital of Narinotied 1-1, with which he managed to win his third star in the Colombian professional soccer. Previously he was champion in 1955 and 1957.

However, one must also be aware that in the later achievements the return duel took place in the Atanasio Girardot. This is the case of the stars that were obtained in 2009-II with Huila and in 2016-1 against Junior. Also, as is obvious, in the conquest of 2004-1 against Nacional.

The picture is different when the Medellín has closed the series of the final as a visitor, a condition in which it has not obtained results, after the star of the year 2002.

In 2012-2 he lost the final against millionaires, who did the Olympic lap in the Campin, after winning from the penalty spot (5-4), after equalizing in the two games of the series (0-0 and 1-1). The maximum stage of the capital also saw it go down in 2014-2. This time his executioner was Santa Fe, who won the first leg 2-1 and secured the title with a 1-1 draw before their fans.

It is evident that the record as a visitor does not favor the red team, which also played its most recent final in 2018-2, when Junior surpassed it and celebrated at the Atanasio. However, for those who have experienced this kind of definition firsthand, there are also other aspects that must be analyzed.

“Yes, a final key may have something in favor of finishing locally, but I think there are other components that, together, may be more important than the locality itself. Among them, in what conditions the players arrive and the emotional moment of the group”, analyzed the player from Atletico Huila, Sebastian Hernandez, with past in the DIM.

For him midfielderLikewise, it is essential to take advantage of moments of the game and the pressure that being local implies, since many times the team that is at home must leave spaces in defense due to their need to take risks in search of a victory to please the fans that accompanies them in the match. scenery.

“In 2012 with the DIM we ended up in Bogota and I think we had the championship in our hands in the Campin, more than in the same athanasius. In fact, the 3 titles we won with Junior ended up visiting and now here with theThe same oil”he remembered.

“Experience, key in finals”

Coach Óscar Pérez says that the advantage of being local cannot be ignored, but history also plays a role in these definitions:

“Pereira is a good team, but DIM has very experienced players who can make a difference.”

Good visitor in the closing

DIM registers encouraging numbers away from home in the Liga-2. In home runs they only lost to Águilas (1-0). In the first phase, they fell on matchday 17 against Bucaramanga (1-2), as a visitor, a condition in which they had not fallen since date 9, when Águilas beat them 3-0.

Motivation in Pereira

With their 1-1 draw at Atanasio, Pereira secured a place in a Conmebol tournament, a fact that has the group highly motivated. The Hernán Ramírez stadium had hosted international cups for Cortuluá, Águilas, Nacional, América and DIM.