The second leg match between Santa Fe vs Santiago Wanderers for the third qualifying round of the Copa Libertadores was played this Tuesday, February 20, at El Campín stadium in Bogotá and ended 3-0 in favor of the home team, who advanced to the group stage with an aggregate score of 5-1.
The Bogotá-based red and white team, who had defeated the Chilean team 1-2 in Valparaíso, is the final qualifier of Group 4, where Emelec, Flamengo, and River Plate await.
Morelo began his goal-scoring streak with two goals against Deportivo Táchira in San Cristóbal, at the start of the second phase, and continued with two goals against Santiago Wanderers in Chilean territory.
In addition to today's double, captain and center back William Tesillo scored a great goal.
The Colombian club gave his rival, who plays in the Chilean Second Division, no chance at all.
Santa Fe vs Santiago Wanderers - Lineups
90 min Final. Santa Fe wins with an aggregate score of 5-1 and advances to the group stage of the Copa Libertadores.
78 min Goal by Tesillo, goal by Santa Fe.
74 min Oooooh, shot off the post. It could have been the third for Santa Fe.
72 min Goal by Morelo, goal by Santa Fe that seals the victory.
46 min The second half has begun.
45 min End of the first half. Santa Fe leads 1-0 at halftime. In the first leg, they won 1-2.
19 min Goal by Morelo, goal by Santa Fe.
0 min The match has started.
Santa Fe vs Santiago Wanderers - Lineups
Santa Fe: L. Castellanos, J. López, C. Arboleda, W. Tesillo, Juan Valencia, Y. Gordillo, J. Roa, B. Perlaza, W. Morelo, J. Pajoy, A. Plata.
Santiago Wanderers: M. Viana, E. Luna, K. Valenzuela, B. Cerezo, M. López, L. García, M. Medel, A. Cuadra, M. Gómez, E. Gutiérrez, J. Soto.
Stadium: El Campín in Bogotá
Time: 07:30 p.m. (Peruvian time).
Broadcasting channel: FOX Sports.
Santa Fe vs Santiago Wanderers - Preview
Santiago Wanderers will try to surprise Independiente Santa Fe in Bogotá this Tuesday, in the second leg of the third qualifying round of the Copa Libertadores. Santa Fe won the first leg 1-2 but is going through a bad moment in the Colombian league, where they are last after three consecutive defeats.
The Valparaíso team, which arrived in the Colombian capital on Monday, dreams of obtaining a victory that would allow them to play in Group 4 of the Libertadores, which includes the Argentine River Plate, the Ecuadorian Emelec, and the Brazilian Flamengo.
The main absence in the Chilean club, which plays in the second division of their country's football, is the Argentinian forward Rafael Viotti, who will be out for six weeks after suffering a vertebral fracture in the first leg match.
Meanwhile, the Colombian club, managed by Uruguayan coach Gregorio Pérez, enters the match amidst a crisis of results in the local tournament, where they are last among 20 teams after losing all three matches they have played.
Nevertheless, Santa Fe will have the same lineup that eliminated Deportivo Táchira in the second phase of the continental tournament and that won the first leg match played in Valparaíso.
If they defeat Santiago Wanderers, the 'cardenal' club, as Santa Fe is known, will play in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores for the sixth consecutive year.
EFE