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00:00Junior in their traditional red and white stripes with blue shorts going from right to left and
00:14Halle in their change shirts.
00:24It's the loose ball up in the midfield and immediately crowded out as the challenges
00:28come in thick and fast. Balancing out the fact that they're away and they're on the attack
00:36early here a low cross in from the left Ramos at the near post goes down clutching his shin.
00:46Couldn't see much contact on Ramos it seemed as though he got on the end of the cross but we'll
00:50get a better idea from this angle. Well worked it's not the best bit of defending on that left
00:55hand side he's perhaps caught by Guiano. This angle may be better
01:12or maybe not because Wilton Sampaio has been told to come across to the monitor.
01:16Five minutes or so on the clock in a VAR review looking at a potential penalty here
01:30for América de Cali just how much contact is there there?
01:36An outstretched right foot.
01:42How much contact is there on Ramos?
01:46The referee is pretty quick to make his decision and he points to the penalty spot.
02:01An early penalty has been awarded.
02:05Wilton Sampaio able to make that call far quicker than I was able to.
02:11Look at I'm still not absolutely certain of the amount of contact.
02:17It's clumsy from the defender he stretches out that foot. I don't think he's ever going to get
02:27to the ball. He's been capable of scoring from almost anywhere but he can't score from 12 yards
02:37it's saved by Santiago Mele.
02:43The Uruguayan guesses correctly
02:47and keeps out the spot kick.
02:54Great save. Slows his run as he assesses the options ahead of him and then delivers the
02:59cross into the area. Great ball in and it's the opening goal. Mele can't keep this one out
03:06can get a hand to it but cannot prevent the ball from finding the back of the net
03:14and it's Lukumi with the decisive touch the header at the back post.
03:20Terrific crossing from Vergara who took his time assessed his options
03:28and then found that run of Lukumi in behind the fullback.
03:35And Amelika Dekali have the goal that they will feel they deserve.
03:50It's the 21 year old
03:57Lukumi arrives with the goal scorer who shoots from range
04:02and this time Mele is able to watch it wide of his post.
04:10This is the goal. Great play by Vergara. The pause as he just waits to see what unfolds ahead of him.
04:21Times it perfectly. Waits the cross perfectly right onto the head of Lukumi. It could get worse
04:28here. Chance maybe for Vergara. It does get worse. Vergara goes from provider to goal scorer
04:35and adds a second before halftime.
04:42The captain strikes and Amelika Dekali are in charge
04:50of this first round game now. Junior with a mountain to climb.
04:58We were still looking at the replay of the first goal which Vergara made and this one
05:12is really all of his own making. He wins the ball. Plays the one-two.
05:18Catches Velez out here to win it. Drives forward
05:22and Quintero just leaves it in his path on the edge of the area for Vergara to run onto it
05:31and finish low past Santiago Mele.
05:38End of the first half. First half which has not gone according to plan at all for the home team.
05:45Junior, they trail.
05:49Too late. Goals by the devils by Amelika Dekali. Minute 38, minute 44.
05:55Have them with the upset versus the homebound junior FC. 2-0.
06:01The home team needing a huge 45 minutes to find something from this game.
06:22They haven't made a change and it could reap rewards immediately.
06:26It does. Carlos Bacca finds the back of the net inside a minute. The half-time substitution
06:36paying off as Guillermo Paiva provides the assist but it is Bacca,
06:44the veteran centre-forward, as cool as ever to find the finish.
06:50It's the perfect start to the second half. The perfect start for a substitution
07:02as Paiva sets up Bacca to pull them back into the game. As though they're putting that
07:12just off and that is the decision offside. Heartbreak for Junior.
07:20It is not their night so far. A minute into the first half they look as though they've got that
07:28route back into the game and the slimmest of slimmest of slimmest offsides means the scoreline
07:38stays at 2-0.
07:44Back with Chadat. Chadat spots the pass. Bacca's on the move. Bacca
07:49back heel into the path of Paiva. Now they have their goal
07:54and it's Bacca the provider and Paiva the scorer this time.
07:59What an impact he has made off the bench. The Paraguayan is on target. Offside cruelly wiping
08:07out the goal they thought they had back inside the opening minute of the second.
08:12I don't think there's anything VAR will be able to do about this one.
08:17Bacca looked for the back heel a couple of times in the first half. Couldn't find a teammate.
08:23Now he's got a player a bit closer to him and Guillermo Paiva finds the finish to make it 2-1.
08:32It's very much game on in Barranquilla.
08:41Corner in. Header on goal. It's the equaliser and it's that man again. Guillermo Paiva.
08:52Half-time substitute and now scorer of the brace that turns this game on its head.
09:00Junior from 2-0 down and back at 2-2. Thanks to this man.
09:18Great delivery from the player who has literally just come on as a substitute. His first touch.
09:24Luis Gonzalez with the assist.
09:30His corner. Finding the run. Finding the head of Paiva. It's a great leap. A terrific header.
09:40And a superb second half display there from Junior. Gets them back on level term.
09:46And it looks as though he is indeed gonna blow for full-time. It ends. Junior 2.
09:56America the Cali 2. We are going to penalties. Wonderful second half display from Junior.
10:03Luis Gonzalez then for Junior.
10:08And he finds the corner. Finds the net and gets the home team off to the perfect start.
10:16Soto going the right way.
10:21Just not able to get far enough into that corner to deny Gonzalez.
10:29He can beat him and he can and that is emphatic.
10:35Quintero thumps it high into the back of the net and silences Santiago Mele who had plenty to say
10:43to him before he took it.
10:48Teenager. It does. He scores from the spot to make it 2-1.
10:55Again Soto goes close to it but can't keep it out.
10:59I'm sure he'll guard all this afternoon but this time
11:13he keeps his cool to find the net. Makes it 2-2.
11:16Argentinian.
11:26It's more or less down the middle as Mele dives to his left.
11:34And it's all square in half. Steven Rodriguez and he finds his effort saved. Jorge Soto's gone close
11:45with the two prior. This time he guesses correctly
11:52and palms it away. Great stop from the keeper.
12:03Next goalkeeper and Soto slams it in. Mele gets something on it. Comes off the underside of the
12:11crossbar. Such was the power on the ball. The momentum takes it over the goal line.
12:21Fingertips crossbar. Crucially net for Jorge Soto. And America Junior stutters
12:31and sends the keeper the wrong way. Cool as you like.
12:34Very, very cool.
12:52Not left after this one. Barrios. Oh and it's saved. Barrios looked for the penenca.
13:02Didn't get much on it and Mele saves with his legs.
13:22Well and it works. You look the coolest man in the stadium when it doesn't.
13:27You have egg on your face and Cristian Barrios is that man.
13:36And his penalty is saved. Two goals in the 90 to get Junior back on level terms and get them
13:45to this point. But Guillermo Paiva goes down the middle. It's red by Soto and his save gives
13:53America De Cali the chance to win it. Just stands his ground. Decides on this occasion
14:08not to gamble. Rafael Carrascal. Scores. Sends the keeper the wrong way. Finds the top corner
14:18and despite the enormous scare that was this second half.
14:25America De Cali are into the Conmebol Sudamericana group phase.
14:35Junior will have to wait another season to go into the Copa Comodos Sudamericana.
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