Santa Fe, to take out the visitor’s claws again, against Once Caldas, to dream of the final

The good campaign that Santa Fe has had in the League is due to its balance, its consistency, its ability to score points not only at home but also abroad. Santa Fe is not a team that hides outside El Campín, La Equidad already experienced it last Sunday. They went out to win and took a 2-0 defeat. Santa Fe beat them because they are an athletic team, that runs, that fights, and that is tremendously effective. This Santa Fe has a goal, and if they play away from home, that virtue does not diminish.

Santa Fe has played 11 away games this season and has won 5, drawn 2 and lost 4. That is to say, it has a away performance of 51.5%, which makes it a real danger for the locals. Of those 11 away games, only 3 went away without scoring a goal; Otherwise, he scored 10 goals, which confirms his effectiveness as a visitor. At this good moment the scorer could not be other than Hugo Rodallega, who of the 10 goals he has scored in the championship has scored 5 from outside.

On the outside, Santa Fe proposes its base scheme, which has worked so far, with a line of 3 defenders (today they would not have Facundo Agüero due to injury), with wingers who go deep and shoot crosses, so the team takes advantage the aerial game. In addition, their midfielders, mainly Daniel Torres and Juan Pablo Zuluaga, create play from their line. And to that is added Rodallega’s scoring ability and the hard work he does. Agustín Rodríguez. The team plays almost from memory and that is why when it leaves El Campín it does not get scared, it does not give advantages.

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Today, Santa Fe’s most important visitor victory is last week against La Equidad, because it allowed them to be the leader of the group. But he has had other very important ones, for example, he already beat this same Once Caldas in the round-robin phase, 0-1, with a goal from Rodallega, who scored after 2 minutes. In addition, Santa Fe beat Pasto, Chicó and Alianza from the outside, and tied with Medellín and Águilas. They only lost against Equidad, Pereira, Jaguares and the classic against Millonarios.

The cardinal team has another characteristic when playing as a visitor and that is that it becomes very strong in the second half. This is how in his games this season he has scored 6 of his 10 goals in the complementary parts, confirming his great physical condition and his ability to adapt to the different moments of the game.
“We achieved the goal, one more step, but there is still more to do,” said coach Pablo Peirano after last Sunday’s victory.

Santa Fe will still have to play outside with Tolima, on the last date of the group, but the plan is to get a new victory in Manizales to confirm its good moment and dream of the final.