Total Soccer won clearly over Bogotá City in the first leg of the second stage

Bogotá City - Total Soccer 0-3 (0-2)

Fierro 3' penalty, Herrera 41', 90'.

Sunday, 3 September 2023, 2:30 pm local time (7:30 pm UTC), Fundación Deportiva Federico Valencia Stadium, Bogotá, Colombia, 2nd stage of the Colombian Primera C, first leg.

Total Soccer clearly won the first leg of their double encounter against Bogotá City, 3-0, and the second leg in La Ceja (Antioquia) looks rather a formality, so they are almost qualified. The match started very well for the visitors, who were awarded a penalty in their offensive action. Goalkeeper William Fierro converted the penalty, as usual: 0-1 (3').

Then, the home side tried to equalize, but the match was well controlled by Total Soccer, which eventually doubled their advantage right before the break. A good shot was initially saved by Bogotá City goalkeeper, but Juan José Herrera was there to tap it in: 0-2 (41').

Total Soccer (in blue shirts) dominated the game. Photo source: capture from the video broadcasting of the game on Bogota City FC Facebook page

In the second half, the visitors had many chances to increase their advantage, while the home side also tried to score, but did not manage well their attacks. Total Soccer looked very strong in the field, and they established the final score in one of the last actions of the game, when the same Juan José Herrera found the way to the net: 0-3 (90').

Bogotá City: Merchan - Páez, Méndez, Bustos, Díaz, Calvo (Vega 67'), Coronado, Palacios, J. Rojas (Robles 87'), D. Rojas (Pinzón 46'), Sierra.

Total Soccer: Fierro - Ruiz (Montes 46'), Betancur (Tapias 46'), Taborda, Jar. Mosquera, Arboleda (Jaa. Mosquera 59'), Gutiérrez (Hernández 69'), Londoño (Berrio 59'), Parra, Morón, Herrera. Manager: Gabriel Sepúlveda.

Referee: Larry Cerchar.

Yellow cards: Díaz 36' - Parra 6', Tapias 57', Gutiérrez 68'.

The match was broadcasted live on Bogotá City FC Facebook page, but the quality of the broadcasting was unfortunately low. The second leg will be played on Maria Auxiliadora Stadium in La Ceja this Sunday afternoon, 10 September 2023. The winners will probably play against Tigres, which also won their first leg, 2-1 away at Atlético Real Paz. So, if there are no surprises in the second leg, Total Soccer will travel to Bogotá once again for the third stage match against Tigres.