In Santa Fe there is a special aura. The expectation is through the roof, the fans are excited, excited, they dream like the fans who believe in their players dream. And the players, those indomitable lions, do not fail him. This time they defeated La Equidad 2-0 and with two great goals that made half of Bogotá vibrate, the red one. Santa Fe is not yet a finalist, it has one more battle to go.
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For now, Santa Fe has done everything right, everything it had to do. He leads group B with grandeur, he has not lost, he does not give in, he does not let up for a moment. It is a strengthened Santa Fe. This team imbued with bravery, fury, work and even luck, has the fans excited.
They beat La Equidad in a strange match, because beyond the two great goals that Santa Fe scored, all possible misfortunes happened to their rival: they missed a penalty, they sent off their most dangerous player and they disallowed a goal. It’s not that everything went wrong for La Equidad, it’s that everything goes well for this Santa Fe.
Images of the game between Santafe and La Equidad for a place in the Colombian soccer final today, May 26, 2024 in Bogotá, Colombia. Photo. MAURICIO MORENO CEET EL TIEMPO @mauriciomorenofoto
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It was 21 minutes. The fans, tense because the game was not flowing and La Equidad was making it difficult, released their muscles and let out a collective cry, a bestial roar. With that goal, sorry, Jhojan, with that great goal, Santa Fe partially got into the final (Once Caldas and Tolima tied without goals).
Images of the game between Santafe and La equity for a place in the Colombian soccer final today, May 26, 2024 in Bogotá Colombia.
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The lions got excited. They caressed the glory. They shook their hair and went for more. It was not a game for anguish. They didn’t want to. There were too many people, too many fans to cause them suffering. Agustin Rodriguez He almost scored the second, but he finished very awkwardly, without power, and the goalkeeper managed to react and dove to avoid it. It was a new emotion.
Santa Fe, in any case, is Santa Fe, the drama is part of its history. And he couldn’t prevent La Equidad from reaching him and putting him in trouble. But the Cardinal team has a goalkeeper with gloves on fire: Mosquera Marmolejo He had two spectacular saves in the same action, a double shot by Viveros, the 9th from La Equidad, a headache, and the goalkeeper grew bigger, covered the entire goal, left no free space, and twice prevented the tying goal.
Images of the game between Santafe and La Equidad for a place in the Colombian soccer final today, May 26, 2024 in Bogotá, Colombia. Photo. MAURICIO MORENO CEET EL TIEMPO @mauriciomorenofoto
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At the end of the first half the elusive and powerful Viveros appeared again and was knocked down in the area. Nothing to do, penalty. Élan Ricardo distanced himself, the fans held their breath, some prayed, Marmolejo waved his arms to give himself confidence, the narrator was getting ready to shout a goal… but Élan threw the ball somewhere in the north stand. Another enormous scream crossed the stadium from side to side. The cry of the Santafereños who thanked heaven.
In the second half, fortune remained on the cardinal side. Viveros, the beast of La Equidad, hit Millán without the ball and was sent off. Santa Fe took a weight off its shoulders.
Images of the game between Santafe and La Equidad for a place in the Colombian soccer final today, May 26, 2024 in Bogotá, Colombia. Photo. MAURICIO MORENO CEET EL TIEMPO @mauriciomorenofoto
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There was time left to score another goal or to have a scare. Lloreda scored La Equidad’s discount with a header, but he was offside.
In Santa Fe they waited until the last moment for Once Caldas to tie, so as not to prolong the anguish. But Caldas did not tie. So Santa Fe was content to do its job. They have one more game, one more battle, one more drama, one more week for the lions to sharpen their claws.
PABLO ROMERO
EL TIEMPO EDITOR
@PabloRomeroET
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