Millonarios, with no margin for error, receives Junior in a decisive match for both

Millionaires and Junior They are the teams that have played the most games this year in Colombian soccer: each will have their 21st match, counting the Super League, local tournament and Copa Libertadores. And for both of them, once again, this match will be a final, even if a title is not at stake. The duel will be seen on Win +, from 6:10 pm

Precisely, the first time they appeared on the field this year, on January 18, was to fight for a title, that of the Super League. Now, the goal is to fight for a place among the eight. On the blue side, there is no margin for error, due to a seven-game blackout that put them in trouble to qualify.

Both have the responsibility of fighting to get into the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores. But today nothing is saved. They squeeze their physique, they take what they have left in search of three key points, above all, on the Millonarios side, which, if they win, will get into the top eight of the League, no matter what happens in the rest of the league. date 17.

Millos already had to sweat until the last drop, overcome mistakes and enhance virtues, to beat Deportivo Pasto on Sunday, 2-3, as a visitor, in a game in which he had the closest thing to the starter that coach Alberto considered. Gamero when he visualized the first half of the year.

“We have Wednesday, it's Wednesday. We don't have to think about what we have to save, what we have to rest… No. After we classify, we will look at how we are going to rest. “We are in a marathon, you can say,” Gamero said after the victory at the Libertad stadium.

Millonarios has 22 points, three less than its rival this Wednesday. But if they win, they pass in the table, thanks to the goal difference.

Junior aims to secure himself among the eight, after a slump that began after beating Botafogo as a visitor in the Copa Libertadores. Since then he has not added three again and on Saturday, with the 1-1 draw against Envigado at the Roberto Meléndez stadium, he put an ellipsis on his future in the League.

“We knew from the beginning that we were going to need a replacement, we have done that, giving opportunities to everyone because they are capable players and we are in this last part of the League and we have one more chance at home in Libertadores,” said the champion's coach. , Arturo Reyes. “Everyone knows that we are in search of classification and with Junior it
will be until the last,” he added. Therefore, today will be another final, even if I don't give up the title.

JOSÉ ORLANDO ASCENCIP

SPORTS Deputy Editor

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