How is the title of the BetPlay League between Santa Fe and Bucaramanga defined? What happens if there is a tie?

Bucaramanga and Santa Fe will define the first star of 2024 in two games. If at their end there is a tie in points and goal difference, there will be no overtime, as has already been established in Colombian soccer for several years.

If that happens, there will be shots from the penalty spot. This is how the last three finals of the championship have been defined: Pereira vs. Medellín, in 2022-II (the ‘matecañas’ won their first title after two draws, 1-1 and 0-0); Millionaires vs. Nacional, in 2023-I (with a star for the blues, also after two equalities, 0-0 and 1-1) and Medellín vs. Junior, in 2023-II (the Barranquilleros won 3-2 at home, lost 2-1 at the Atanasio and then made the Olympic return as visitors.

Bucaramanga had never reached a final in short tournaments and the only time it was in a title definition was in the 1996/97 season, in which it lost both games against América de Cali (0-1 at the Alfonso López and 2-0 at Pascual Guerrero).

Santa Fe, for its part, will play its eighth final since the semiannual tournaments were instituted in 2002: it won three (against Deportivo Pasto in 2012-I, Independiente Medellín in 2014-II and Deportes Tolima in 2016-II) and lost four ( against Nacional in 2005-I and 2013-I, Millonarios in 2017-II and América in 2020).

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