Independent Medellin He left Barranquilla unharmed in his league debut against Junior, who was attended by Juan Fernando Quinteroone of the most notorious reinforcements in Colombian soccer this season.
Although the red team had a hard time adapting to the game, especially in the first half, in which goalkeeper Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo showed all his category, drowning out the goal cry of the locals, at least four times, in the second half coach David González corrected and the team not only tied, but was close to winning.
Junior opened the scoring through Carlos Bacca after a bad rejection from the powerful defense that the striker took advantage of to finish off from the crescent and make the local fans celebrate.
The 60th minute was passing and by that time the cast from Antioquia had matched the charges. However, sometimes there is justice in football and after pressure on Quintero, Medellín recovered the ball and after some quick passes Felipe Pardo appeared to finish off and put the final 1-1 at minute 79.
The result for the DIM is good and even more so if one takes into account that Junior had already debuted against Águilaswhile this was the first meeting of those led by David González.
In addition to the superlative performance of Andrés Mosquera, it is also worth noting the performance of the attacking men in red paisa. In this sense, the overflow and speed of Emerson Batalla drew attention, which was done by Ever Valencia and also by Andrés Ibargüen. Like Pardo’s annotation.
So Medellín passed his first exam of 2023 against another of the tournament favorites and surely with the matches the idea of the coaching staff will continue to be promoted.
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The next DIM match will be next Saturday against Santa Fefinally at the Atanasio Girardot with his fans, who are eager to encourage him again.