Colo Colo took advantage of its moment in the first leg of the CONMEBOL Libertadores round of 16 and beat Junior de Barranquilla 1-0 in a game in which the Colombian team He wasted two very clear opportunities to get a positive result in Chile.
Junior was not sharp in attack and ended up losing in Chile. Getty Images
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The Cup does not forgive and Junior tasted this theory this Tuesday, August 13 in ChileHe was in front of goal on two occasions, his hand faltered when finishing and he left the Colo Colo stadium with a fall.
The Shark did not have its best version. Far from a fluid game and with lapses in which it suffered pressure from the local team, The Kings’ team still managed to have two unbeatable opportunities away from home.
The first came in the 14th minute. Carlos Bacca brought out his best version of an assistant and placed an excellent filtered ball for Enamorado, who took the shot alone.
The winger ran, faced and confronted Cortés in a one-on-one. He was not lucid. He finished off the ball in a flash and made it easier for the Cacique goalkeeper to intervene, keeping the score at zero.
The second situation occurred near the end of the first half. This time it was not caused by a combination between Tiburón players, but rather the chance came from a huge mistake by Falcón, a Colo Colo defender.
The Cacique player tried to make a pass back to his goalkeeper Cortés and fell short. There, Bacca was alert, intercepted the ball, eluded the ‘1’ but was left without an angle: his shot hit the post.
Colo Colo found the winning goal with very little. At 75 minutes, Vicente Pizarro scored with a cross shot that overcame the resistance of Santiago Mele, who had already intervened twice previously.
Junior was never able to react after the 1-0. He ran out of ideasfailed to unsettle the home defense and was left with “what could have been” after those missed chances in the first half.
Everything will be decided in the Metropolitan of Barranquillaa stadium that will be packed and where Reyes’ team will have to show their best version if they want to come back and get into the quarterfinals of the CONMEBOL Libertadores.
