Deportivo Cali and Deportes Tolima They will make an appointment to define who will be the champion of the second half of the year, starring in a series that was already lived in 2003 and that threw the ‘pijao’ as the winner through charges from the ‘white point’.
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In such a year, the final was also featured for the tournament completion, and the teams reached the final series by being the first in their respective home run.
Cali was the team that arrived through zone A leaving Millonarios, Unión Magdalena and Deportivo Pasto on the road; Meanwhile, Tolima did the same in a group that included Junior, Nacional and Medellín.
Thus, they first met at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium in a match that home team won 2-0 with a brace from Brazilian attacker Rogerio Pereira.
Already on the way back, Vallecaucano team won 3-1, with annotations by Jorge ‘la Babilla’ Díaz and Elkin Murillo who scored twice, Gerardo Bedoya scored an own goal that allowed the series to go to penalties.
In penalties, Freddy Hurtado scored the first for Tolima, while Hernando ‘Cocho’ Patiño wasted his collection, but then John Charria, Rogerio Pereira and Jorge Artigas could score.
For its part, Cali converted through Léider Preciado, Gerardo Bedoya, while Mayer Candelo and Milton Rodríguez wasted their collections turning goalkeeper Diego Gómez into a figure.
In this way, with a 3-3 on aggregate and 4-2 on penalties, Luis Augusto ‘Chiqui’ García’s Tolima came out champion as a visitor against Deportivo Cali that was commanded by strategist Javier Álvarez.
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With the above, the Ibaguean team obtained its first title in the history of Colombian football. night of December 21, 2003.
The first leg will be played at 6 pm this Sunday at the Deportivo Cali Stadium.
