Junior from Barranquilla This Tuesday they tied 0-0 with Botafogo in a duel between qualifiers from Group D to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores-2024 and finished first in the area.
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The Tiburón team needed equality at home, the Metropolitan stadium of the Caribbean city, to be accredited as the best in a group that was resolved early. Both teams were left with 10 points, but the Colombians have a better goal difference.
Víctor Cantillo’s injury
Barranquilla, Colombia, May 28, 2024. Junior FC faces Botafogo for the last date of the group stage in the Copa Libertadores. The match ended 0-0, passing Junior as first in his group to the next phase. In the image, Victor Cantillo. Photo Vanexa Romero/El Tiempo.
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Before the end of the first half there was an action that worried the Junior coaching staff, when the player Victor Cantillo He had to leave the field of play in just 24 minutes due to an injury.
Barranquilla, Colombia, May 28, 2024. Junior FC faces Botafogo for the last date of the group stage in the Copa Libertadores. The match ended 0-0, passing Junior as first in his group to the next phase. In the image, Victor Cantillo. Photo Vanexa Romero/El Tiempo.
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Cantillo lay on the grass for a few minutes and the referee went to check on him, but the shark player couldn’t stop complaining.
Once Junior’s doctors came in, the player was able to get up and left the playing field crying, immediately giving way to Luis ‘Cariaco’ González.
Now the official medical opinion is awaited to know the severity of the injury to the footballer, who is support and a fundamental piece in the coastal team.
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