Exactly 45 years ago, on December 17, 1980, at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali, Carlos Molinares y Gabriel Bended They scored the goals that gave the Junior the second star in Colombian soccer after drawing 2–2 with the Deportivo Cali.
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The green and white team had gone into the break with a 2-0 lead, the product of two maximum penalty goals converted by Willington Ortiz, that for the narrator Edgar Perea They didn’t exist. From there his famous phrase in the broadcast was born: “Gorayeb 2 –Junior 0″, with which he made reference to the president of the green and white team (Alex Gorayeb) suggesting that he had bought the match referee, the Spanish Manuel Fandós.
The first half was disastrous for Junior, but the entry of Molinares and Fernando Fiorillo In the complementary part they changed the face of Junior, who with the tie was crowned champion.
Molinares scored the injury goal in the 28th minute and Berdugo scored the equalizer seven minutes from time.
“Everyone thought they were going to fill us up, even us,” said Berdugo, captain of Junior, remembering that Cali came out to destroy them and after 15 minutes they were already winning 2-0.
At halftime, the coach José Varacka He told his players everything. He asked them what was wrong, why they had entered the field asleep. Dulio Miranda He was one of those who received the most scolding from Varacka, who reproached him for not being able to stop Willington.
“Teacher, my feet already hurt from hitting him so much,” Dulio responded to justify the tremendous dance that the ‘viejo Willy’ He had hit the entire Junior defense that night.
“For the second half, Berdugo went on to mark Willington and there we killed them because that was Cali’s driving force. Berdugo, with his technique, didn’t even need to foul him”says Molinares, wearing a replica of the t-shirt worn by Junior of ’80, sponsored by Pioneer.
Varacka decided to put Molinares in and asked him to make diagonals on the attacking front, since he was going to have some left to put in. That’s how it was. Molinares took advantage of what he had and sent it to the back of the net Deportivo Cali.
“With my goal the team gained confidence and we went more on the attack, because in the first half, Cali could have scored four goals against us,” says Molinares.
Junior’s tying goal came after a foul committed against him Butts, Argentine defender of Cali, Miguel Ángel Converti, the tying goal came.
“Dulio told me: ‘compadre, you go and score the goal’ and I left. I stood on the right side and no one stopped my balls, they ignored me. When Fernando (Fiorillo) hit the whip, the goalkeeper (Carlos Valencia) wanted to catch it, but the field was smooth and he missed it. The ball was at a height of one meter high and I kicked to look for the rebound and I hit it like the gods. If I kicked that goal, Barranquilla I don’t arrive”, Berdugo reports on his historic goal.
Due to the speed he was traveling, Berdugo crashed into the post and fell to the ground. There his teammates fell on him to celebrate the goal that gave them the title.
Molinares and Berdugo, every time they listen to Édgar Perea’s narration of the goals of that match, admit that their skin crawls.
“It’s impressive how he sensed that the goal was coming that was going to give us the title, he saw it from up there. It gives me everything every time I hear it,” says Molinares.
The goals from Carlos Molinares and Gabriel Berdugo gave the second great joy to the Junior fans, who the next day went to give them a massive reception.
Junior was crowned champion one day in advance and his last match was the following Sunday against Nacional at the Romelio Martínez, a match that ended 1–1 and Berdugo also scored the goal.
“We went to that game to play enguayabados,” said Molinares, who along with his teammates had been celebrating since the end of the game against Cali.
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