The ‘Sierra Nevada’ Stadium is preparing to experience a football party, Unión Magdalena, one of the historic teams of Colombian footballwill begin its participation in the 2025 Apertura Tournament facing none other than Millonarios FC. The ‘Banana Cyclone’, thanks to a draw that favored its interests, will have the opportunity to receive the ‘Ambassador’ in its fort.
As will be remembered, Independiente Santa Fe, as the best team of the previous year, had the privilege of choosing the first ballot in the draw. This decision conditioned the rest of the draw, leaving Millonarios with the second ballot and forcing them to start as a visitor. Subsequently, an unexpected twist in the draw favored Unión Magdalena, which, thanks to the dates of the Barranquilla Carnival, could not occupy position 14 and ended up in 13th, thus seeding the ‘ambassador’ team as its first rival.
History of ‘Millos’ starting against Unión Magdalena
This will be the fourth time that Millonarios begins its football year facing the Unión Magdalena and the third in the ‘most beautiful bay in America’.
In 1960, at the Eduardo Santos stadium, Millonarios tied at the beginning of the defense of the title achieved a year earlier by visiting Unión Magdalena and received the first goal of the championship. The match ended in a 2-2 draw with goals from Marino Klinger and Ulilio Democracio Acevedo for the blue team, led by Gabriel Ochoa Uribe. It was March 27.
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Four years later, once again as defending champion, Millonarios began the defense of the title on March 1, 1964 at home against Unión Magdalena in El Campín and it was also a 2-2 draw. José ‘Pepe’ Romeiro and Jorge Enrique Ramírez Gallego were the Ambassador’s scorers on that day.
The last duel of Millonarios vs Unión Magdalena starting a year was in 2003, in which was the last blue victory at the Eduardo Santos stadium, on February 2. It was Norberto Peluffo’s first game as coach of the Ambassador and the game ended in a 2-1 victory with two goals from Wilberto Valencia, who also made his professional debut that afternoon.
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