Universitario (PER) vs Junior (COL) | DESTACADOS Copa Libertadores| 07/05/2024 | beIN SPORTS
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00:00Of Colombia, in what is an exceptionally tight Group D in the La Persona this year.
00:18Junior coming to the top of the group, five points in their three games.
00:21Universitario, four points in their three games so far.
00:25What a match they pull really is when things could sway decisively one way or the other.
00:32The atmosphere is fabulous inside this stadium in Lima, it always generates a fabulous noise
00:38doesn't it?
00:39And it's an early free kick, it's Bacca lurking, the Colombians pick an early goal, it's the
00:46corner kick, it's the effort on goal, it is an early goal and it's a cracker.
00:53Castrichan with the strike from Rage and Junior have the lead in Lima.
01:00They've been asking the early questions and they have their rewards.
01:11On their feet into life, didn't even need a touch did he?
01:16Did not even need a touch.
01:19How well does he take this, the technique, the timing, beautifully manufactured.
01:26I saw the half volley from Brian Castrichan and it's an early goal for Junior.
01:40And Guedes, wants the ball and gets the ball, wants it back too and gets it back.
01:48And Guedes now with the cross into the area, there's the header and it was straight at
01:51the goalkeeper Santiago Mele.
01:55Matchdown is a pretty good one and the first effort on goal really in any kind of notable
02:05description was Alex Valera's effort, he was scarcely seen in.
02:10Tato Corso, Polo through the legs, really nicely done, still Polo, and still!
02:18And it's turned in!
02:21Equalising goal for Universitario, and it was all about the magic of Polo in the build-up.
02:28The nutmeg, the drop of the shoulder, and then the cutback.
02:34And it was a simple tap-in in the end.
02:39Edson Flores takes the plaudit, but make no mistake, it's all about this, Gianpaolo, through
02:44the legs, round the outside, he's onside too, and just needs a touch with that.
02:52And Morata with the corner, Mena was trying to get on the end of it, and Morata will go
03:14again, it's ball in, it's a pretty good one, and Carlos Bacca was offside anyway, but he
03:21can turn it in!
03:23And V. Flores to hang it into the penalty area, rather anticlimactic in the end.
03:31He's kept alive, and his body's back inside, goes down looking for a penalty, and the decision
03:37goes the other way.
03:39Not properly cleared, and Carlos Bacca pings it forward, and all of a sudden there's a
03:43really good chance now for Junior.
03:45Castrijon, got two options inside, it's a great chance for Junior, but they've messed
03:49it up.
03:50And Morata's there, they're trying to make things happen, but it's a show with an important
03:56touch.
03:57Now Chara.
04:01And Morata, ball towards Carlos Bacca, who completely lost his balance.
04:07It's a great chance for the 37-year-old.
04:11Universitario 1, Junior 1, Brian Castrijon with a lovely goal on 6 minutes.
04:21And we have a draw in the first 45 minutes, Universitario de Deportes and Junior de Barranquilla
04:27are drawing 1-1 at the moment, but the second half will be fast.
04:41We are, very much, in one of the tightest groups in the Libertadores this year, where
04:57every moment now, every goal really does matter.
05:01It's Carlos Bacca with a turn, and Carlos Bacca trying to set up, and Morata, and Morata
05:08slides inside, Enemorado still, and still Enemorado.
05:13Enemorado's cross, breaks forward, and Chara's got Enemorado scampering down the right-hand
05:19side.
05:20It's Enemorado for Junior, Enemorado tries to slide it through, looking for Carlos Bacca.
05:25He wants a penalty, he's never going to get a penalty for that, and Riveros brings the
05:29ball away.
05:30Comes the ball and a kick from Universitario, there's the header, and it's a whisker wide
05:37from William Riveros.
05:40What a league of Nikita on the final matchday, I mean it really is going right down to the
05:45wire, isn't it?
05:52Skipping away in a really dangerous area, the effort on goal is dragged pretty horribly
05:57wide.
05:59A half-decent chance that.
06:05Ball out of his feet, but scratches it horribly wide of the upright.
06:11That's the substitute, Olivarez.
06:22Strike of goal takes a massive deflection, there's going to be a corner kick now for
06:27Universitario, and Celic is acting with a sense of haste because there won't be too
06:34many better opportunities than this.
06:36It's taken quickly.
06:39Into the side netting, certainly had the element of surprise.
06:49Riveros was there, properly clear goalkeeper, but a real mess.
06:53And eventually it's scrappled behind for a corner kick, and also wants a free kick to
07:00be given.
07:06Last seconds of the contest, bloated in towards the near post, full-time whistle.
07:14He's not too far away, surely.
07:17It's a half-decent opportunity there right at the end, but...
07:34And this is a draw, ladies and gentlemen.
07:371-1 Universitario de Deportes against Junior de Barranquilla, 1-1 is the final scoreboard,
07:46Estrellon and Flores, the two squatters today.
07:50One point for each team, right here on BEAM Sports, with Nuevo Libertadores.