Total Soccer - Unión Pacífico Sur 3-0 (1-0)
Gutiérrez 8', Morón 57', J. J. Herrera 90'+1'
In the first leg: 0-0. Total Soccer won 3-0 on aggregate and qualified to the Primera C final.
Saturday, 26 November 2022, 8 am local time (1 pm UTC), Marte #1 Stadium, Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia, 2nd leg of the Colombian Primera C semifinals.
Total Soccer starting line-up, with manager Juan Gabriel Sepúlveda. Photo source: capsulas.com.co
Unión Pacífico Sur starting line-up. Photo source: capsulas.com.co
In the first leg, played in Tumaco (the home town of Unión Pacífico Sur), on a very difficult ground, where there was more sand than grass, the two teams drew 0-0, which gave a small advantage to Total Soccer, as they played the second leg on their own ground in Medellín.
Total Soccer did not lose a single game in the knock-out stages of the Colombian Primera C, and therefore they were favourites to qualify to the final. Indeed, after the first minutes, they already took the lead after a corner: Arboleda crossed perfectly for Gutiérrez to head in from close range: 1-0 (8').
After the goal, the visitors tried to equalize and attacked most of the time, but Total Soccer proved to be very strong defensively, and launched dangerous breaks. Goalkeeper William Fierro had a number of incredible saves, which gave more confidence to Total Soccer, a team which actually did not concede a goal in their last four games.
Most of the emotions vanished in the second half. Joan Andrés Córdoba entered the game as a replacement in 48', and immediately after he was close to score a second goal. Morón also missed a good opportunity a few minutes later, but the two combined for the second goal, as Córdoba assisted Morón, whose shot went to the far post: 2-0 (57').
The visitors continued to attack, but rarely reached the opposite goal dangerously. Their biggest chance in the second half came rather late, when a free kick executed by Rosero was saved in a spectacular fashion by William Fierro (81').
Every attack or counterattack of Total Soccer provoked panic in the defensive lines of Unión Pacífico Sur. The third goal came in stoppage time, as Morón, Córdoba and Juan José Herrera passed to each other in a sort of tiki-taka which dismissed the defenders and the goalkeeper, eventually leaving Herrera alone with an empty net in front of him: 3-0 (90'+1').
The three goalscorers (left to right): Juan José Herrera, Danilo Morón and Juan Felipe Gutiérrez. Photo source: capsulas.com.co
Total Soccer: Fierro - J. Avendaño, Gutiérrez, Montes, Tapias (Ja. Mosquera 77') - Arboleda, J. García, S. Avendaño (J. Córdoba 48') - Morón, J. Martínez (Londoño 65'), J.J. Herrera. Manager: Juan Gabriel Sepúlveda.
UPS: Salcedo - Ó. Valencia, Vernasa, Vergara, Sevillano (Preciado 71'), B. Quiñones, Campaz (Ocampo 53'), Rosero, Ó. Quiñones, C. Quiñones (Estupiñán 20'), Vivas. Manager: Carlos Andrés Estacio.
Referee: Juan Camilo Mejía.
In the Colombian Primera C final, Total Soccer will face Equipo Azul of Valledupar, which won 3-2 on aggregate (2-1 and 1-1) agasint Cortuluá B, the second team of the professional club Cortuluá. The first leg will be played the next week in Valledupar, while the decisive second leg will be played in Medellín in two weeks from now.
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