Junior vs. Santa Fe: Super League First Leg Draw

The 2026 season of Colombian professional football started with equality to one between Junior and Independiente Santa Fe at the Metropolitano de Barranquilla for the first leg of the BetPlay Superliga.

The Barranquilla club had the initiative from the start, but it was difficult for them to reach the rival goal with danger, beyond the one-on-one that Bryan Castrillón had, who defined between the legs of Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo, but the ball went to the outside of the net.

The visitor’s options took a while, but they appeared in the final stretch of the first half. First it was a pass from Fernández Frasica to Hugo Rodallega that sent her to the bottom; However, there was a flag up for offside. The captain’s revenge came immediately: Jhonier Guerrero wanted to go back and left it short, leaving a gift to the scorer who did not forgive, opened his right foot and put it at the far post [45+6′].

In the complement, after the presentation of Luis Fernando Muriel before the fans that attended the Metropolitano, the second of Santa Fe could have fallen, which had the debut of Pablo Repetto on the bench, through Luis Palacios, but Once again the flag up drowned out a cry for a goal from the visitor.

Teo, the shocker who made a mistake in the end

After that, Junior turned to the attack in search of equality, but he lacked clarity to finish the actions in the rival area in a better way, until the 73rd minute, when the cross arrived from the right that passed through the area and It fell at the far post to Teófilo Gutiérrez, who took a right hand to beat Weibmar Asprilla, the replacement for the injured Marmolejo.

But the bad thing about Teo, who revolutionized Junior’s attack since his entry, was that he looked for a penalty in the last minute and He ended up receiving the second yellow for simulation. You miss the return trip to the capital.

Despite the insistence on finishing the game, Junior’s second did not come. Tie and open series facing next Wednesday’s return in El Campín. Before that, Tiburón will begin the defense of the League title against Deportes Tolima and Santa Fe will host Águilas Doradas.

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