National Athleticwho beat Santa Fe 0-3, and Sports Tolimawith a tight 1-0 victory over Once Caldas, will play the final of the Colombian League. Atlético Nacional, a green and white team from the city of Medellín, led Group A and Deportes Tolima was the best in B. On the last day of the semi-final home runs, the Bogota club Millonarios arrived with the first option to qualify from A, but they failed advantage overboard by drawing without goals in their visit to Pasto.
In B, favoritism was monopolized by Once Caldas. Atlético Nacional, led by Mexican Efraín Juárez, finished as leader of Group A with 13 points out of a possible 18, while in B, Deportes Tolima dominated with 10, led by Colombian David González.
The goals from Andrés Sarmiento, Alfredo Morelos and Andrés Román paved the highway that led Nacional to a 0-3 win in Bogotá. Those from Juárez knew that their first task was to defeat Santa Fe in Bogotá and they achieved it, although they were still in a match between Deportivo Pasto and Millonarios. If Millonarios al Pasto won they would have secured their classification.
Deportes Tolima, with a goal from Brayan Gil, defeated Once Caldas 1-0. González’s team was favored because América de Cali, led by Uruguayan Jorge ‘Polilla’ da Silva, beat Junior 1-0, who has the Venezuelan César Farías on the bench.
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In the other match in Group B, América de Cali, hit by a streak of poor results, said goodbye to its fans with a 1-0 victory over Junior de Barranquilla, which needed to win and for Once Caldas to draw or lose to qualify. The Red Devils had the goal man in Andrés Mosquera, while Carlos Bacca, and Yimmi Chará, as well as the Venezuelan Luis ‘Cariaco’ González, were not good when it came to finishing and their team suffered the defeat.
