Total Soccer won the first leg of the Colombian Primera C final

Total Soccer - Ciamen FC 2-0 (0-0)

Tapias 86', Berrio 90'+4'.

Sunday, 3 December 2023, 3 pm local time (8 pm UTC), Los Bucaros Stadium, Barbosa, Antioquia, Colombia, first leg of the Colombian Primera C final.

Total Soccer (in blue shirts) and Ciamen FC (in white shirts) offered a nice show in the first leg of the final. Photo: Carlos Humberto Ortega Rueda 

The first leg of the Colombian Primera C was played in Antioquia, and theoretically Total Soccer played on home ground. Nevertheless, none of their usual home grounds was used - neither Marte 1 in Medellín, nor María Auxiliadora in La Ceja. The selection of Los Bucaros Stadium in Barbosa is therefore a bit strange.

Nevertheless, Total Soccer had a good game and dominated quite clearly from start to end, but they had real problems in opening up the Ciamen defence. The visitors came with a defensive strategy, which was well applied, up to the last minutes, when their fortress collapsed. Even more, Ciamen launched some very fast counterattacks, and were not far from taking the lead, when the score was still 0-0. The two goalkeepers, Fierro (Total Soccer) and Mena (Ciamen), were among the heroes of the game.

It was after an excellent save made by Mena that a corner was awarded for Total Soccer and the first goal was eventually scored. The corner was very well executed from the left side, and Davinson Tapias escaped from marking and headed the ball from short range: 1-0 (86').

Ciamen quickly changed their attitude and tried to find an equalizer, but opened up large spaces in their defence, which gave Total Soccer the chance of a deadly counterattack, which ended with a header from Gutiérrez and Cristian Berrio was in the right place at the right time to tap the ball in: 2-0 (90'+4').

It was the last action of a disputed game. The referee blew the final whistle immediately after the game resumed from the centre.

The second (decisive) leg will be played tomorrow, Saturday, 9 December, at Vallesther Stadium in Cúcuta, the home ground of Ciamen FC, kick-off at 2 pm local time (7 pm UTC).