A jerk. A failure. That was Junior ante tolima. A lazy, chaotic, indolent team, without a script, without a soul and full of blunders, which embarrassed its fans, who expected much more from a group of players that make up the most expensive payroll in the country.
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The most expensive is not necessarily the best and once again it was demonstrated with the defeat 1-0 against the ‘Pijaos’ qthat leaves the ‘Sharks’ out of the group stage of the South American Cupand without the juicy prizes that are given there and that help to solve the high salary figures of the template ($900,000 plus $100,000 for each game won went overboard.) there is a huge football deficit y financial so far in this campaign.
A goal from Junior Hernández, after 7 minutes of play, was enough to overcome a red and white set with many clumsy, rustic, passive, lethargic, unfocused footballers and without the rebellion to rescue the team at the point of a claw. They even burned the ball in the last minutes in search of an equalizer, with Tolima entrenched behind. Only Juan Fernando Quintero he dared to ask for the ball and risk a play. The others, in that agony, did the easy thing and passed it to the partner next door, on many occasions without accuracy and carrying out ridiculous actions.
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The almost 15 days of preparation that Junior had for this game were useless. Tolima dominated him and submitted him from the initial whistle. With a fairly physical and intense game, the locals overwhelmed those led by Arturo Reyes, They couldn’t find the ball.
It seemed that the hosts would open the scoring quickly, and so it happened. Junior Hernandezwho made the left wing his highway to come and go when he wanted, concluded a good performance with an accurate shot that came late and lukewarm charles sierra to try to avoid it.
impossible for Viera by location and power. A great goal that gave him relief and made things more favorable for the local. He was even about to score the second in an incomprehensible flicker by Iván Scarpeta against Brayan Gil that Viera came out to amend in a timely manner.
Without control of the ball, disordered in its approach, cold to recover and unable to balance the vehemence offered by the rival, the coaching staff resigned plan A and sent a couple of substitutions onto the field: ‘Cariaco’ González for Luis Sandoval, who He was not contributing absolutely anything, and Didier Moreno for Jhon Vélez, who perhaps was sacrificed due to his inexperience because he did not clash as much as ‘el Chino’.
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Junior managed to get rid of the ‘Pijaos’ with the changes. At least it was no longer played alone in the Viera area, and Juan Fernando Quintero, with the help of Didier and ‘Cariaco’began to appear more, although without finding an echo in Carlos Bacca, who continues to be off, and the rest of the players, who were still immersed in a sea of inaccuracies.
The host yoke was thrown off, but their offensive advances lacked quality, clarity and forcefulness.
In the second period they also kept Hernán Torres’s pupils at bay, who dedicated themselves more to defending their advantage. However, the lack of cohesion, combativeness and quality continued. He has plenty of ‘Juanfer’, but a swallow does not make a summer. It looks like Giovanni Hernández in his first season as a rojiblanco. They called him ‘Pedro Navaja’: ‘he looks to one side, he looks to the other… and he doesn’t see anyone.’
Albornoz, Sierra and ‘Cariaco’, who also gave him will and imbalance, had options to tie, but Cuesta and Hernández, saving the Venezuelan from a shot on the line, got in the way of a Junior submerged in mediocrity.
MINUTE BY MINUTE
7. Tolima goal. Local gig that Junior Hernández concludes with a surprising, powerful and crossed shot in the area.
23. Carelessness by Scarpeta in an aerial ball and Viera saves Jun’s goal
31. Free kick by Juan Fernando Quintero with some danger that Cuesta boxed in.
45. ‘Cariaco’ grabbed a ball that escaped ‘Juanfer’ after Bacca’s powerful cross and smashed it into the goalkeeper’s chest.
SECOND TIME
47. Junior’s first class action. It ended with a shot from Albornoz in the area. The goalkeeper contained safely.
60. A cross shot from ‘Cariaco’, after a good play by ‘Juanfer’, which Cuesta saves.
65. Shot by Esparragoza over the crossbar.
84. Junior Hernández saves ‘Cariaco’ on the line. The rebound is left to Sierra and he heads without power into the hands of Cuesta.
88. Rebound that Sierra has left and finishes off over the crossbar.
94. Free kick by ‘Juanfer’ Cuesta deflects.
