ANDQuidad joined Deportes Tolima and Atlético Bucaramanga this Sunday on the list of qualifiers for the semifinal quadrangles of the 2024-I League. Three others are very close, with 28 points: Santa Fe, Once Caldas and Pereira.
The 0-3 win in Valledupar, against Alianza, assured Alexis García's team among the top eight of the championship, three dates from finishing the round-robin phase.
When many were thinking that there was only one spot left in the next round of the championship, now there is another box that several teams have in their sights: that of the current Colombian champion, Junior de Barranquilla.
The downturn that complicated the Junior classification
On Saturday, those led by Arturo Reyes did not go beyond a draw against Envigado and continue with the handbrake on, after the great victory against Botafogo in the Libertadores.
First, with an alternate roster, they lost by a landslide against América (4-1); Then, in the Cup, they did not go beyond a draw at home against Universitario de Lima (1-1), and now came this tie with the oranges that makes them do the math.
“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. “Everyone knows that we are in search of classification and with Junior it will be until the last,” said Reyes.
Arturo Reyes, Junior coach.
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With 25 points, Junior now has América at two points, and Millonarios at three, with the possibility of losing the box with the blues if they are defeated on Wednesday.
Fortaleza and Medellín are also three points away, although the latter is burdened by a very poor goal difference (-11).
“At some moments the team, seeing so many chances that are created, is filled with anxiety, but people must continue believing, they respond in difficult moments. We have always been in the eight and now we will seek to find efficiency and look for points in Bogotá,” DT Reyes insisted.
Nacional is on the verge of elimination and with no margin for error, after the 0-0 in El Campín, while the rest of the teams are already thinking about the next semester.
This is the League standings after date 16
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