Santa Fe, it is known, has never had a simple path. His feats are just that, feats, and his defeats have been very painful. The last two finals of the cardinal team were tinged with drama and tears, they were the lost finals in El Campín against Millonarios in December 2017 and against América in December 2020. Today, Santa Fe is preparing to change that trend and achieve, on Saturday , the tenth star, and at home, and with its people, and, once again, with the need to come back, against Bucaramanga, a 1-0.
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Bogota, Colombia. December 17, 2017. For the Águila League II 2017, SANTA FE VS MILLONARIOS will face each other, a match for the VUELTA final at the Nemesio Camacho El Campin stadium. Mauricio León/El Tiempo Credit: CEET Photographer:
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Gregorio has a brilliant mind, he has many fresh details in his head from that season, and especially from that final. “We went on to win 2-1, but before that there was a very big penalty against (Anderson) Plata that was not awarded.” Wilmar Roldanbut beyond that, without looking for excuses, when we were winning 2-1 it was our mistake and the rival’s virtue, but in the context of the two games, for me it was unfair,” he remembers with a bitterness that does not go away.
The celebration of Andrés Cadavid’s goal in the final Millonarios vs. Santa Fe 2017.
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The frustration of 2020
Fabian Sambueza of Santa Fe disputes the ball with Luis Sanchez of América during the match between Independiente Santa Fe and América de Cali for the final round as part of the BetPlay DIMAYOR 2020 League played at the Nemesio Camacho El Campín stadium in the city of Bogotá. / Fabian Sambueza of Santa Fe vies for the ball with Luis Sanchez of America during second leg final match between Independiente Santa Fe and America de Cali as part of BetPlay DIMAYOR League 2020 played at Nemesio Camacho El Campín stadium in Bogota city. Photo: VizzorImage / Felipe Caicedo / Staff. Santa Fe vs. America, final League 2020. Credit: Dimayor – VizzorImage. Photographer:
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“I remember it with sadness for not achieving the title, the tenth star, but on the other hand there is what Santa Fe experienced the year before that final, of being close to relegation, we got it out, we qualified for the semifinal; The following year, the year of the pandemic, we had to play the final without an audience, it would have been something else with an audience. It’s not the same as having a full house to look for the feat of overturning that score, it wasn’t enough for us, but we played well, we scored two goals, and in terms of tactics, Professor Juan Cruz Real (rival coach) did what he did with that advantage. It was putting in a lot of defense, closing the goal… we couldn’t score the third goal, but very good things were done,” he says.
Game action from the match between Santa Fe and América.
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“He has the ability to do it, they have had a good campaign, without detracting from Bucaramanga. Santa Fe has a lot of offensive variants, with Rodallega, Rodríguez, with the medium distance of its midfielders, has arguments to be able to achieve victory, which would be gratifying and deserved for the president (Eduardo) Méndez.”
PABLO ROMERO
EL TIEMPO journalist
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