Jimbee Cartagena continues to make history and will play in its first UEFA Champions League Final Four by beating United Galati 6-1
Jimbee Cartagena faced a place in the Final Four on the third day of this UEFA Champions League Round against the Romanian Club Sportiv United Galati. After this afternoon’s match between Catania and Riga, 3-2 for the Italians, this match is a final to advance to the Final Four where Jimbee will have a draw or a victory, in case of defeat despite finishing with the same points and with more goals in favor, the bonus being that in the event of a tie between two teams the individual goal average will be valid, as there is no possibility of a triple tie. Palma, Sporting de Portugal and Kairat Almaty, Kazakh, have already qualified. For this match, Darío Gil and Mouhodine were absent due to the accumulation of warnings.
At the beginning Duda went out with Chemi, Tomaz, Pablo Ramírez, Fran Cortés and Mellado. In the 6th minute, Jimbee took the lead through Osamanmusa after making a cutback and shooting from the front, Jimbee was superior in the first minutes, being able to increase the lead if not for the performance of the Romanian team’s goalkeeper, with five to go minutes, the Romanian team was betting on the game of five, since it did not reach the goal. In the 18th minute, Pablo Ramírez, after a strategic play, scored 2-0 after the goalkeeper’s rebound. The first half ended with 2-0.
The second half began with Jimbee dominating as in the first. In the 23rd minute, Pablo Ramírez’s great shot from outside the area made it 3-0. The Romanian team was playing as five again. In the 23rd minute the first intervention in Chemi’s goal came. In 27 Linhares, an incredible shot from his own field made it 4-0. The Palace roared. The Rioja team continued with the game of five and thus created more danger, but Jimbee defended well and with Chemi in its usual good line.
In the 34th minute Linhares with the game of five stole and scored 5-0.
The last minutes were a party in the Palace, and time was practically allowed to pass in a clean match without interruptions. With 39 seconds left, Sasse made it 5-1 with a great shot. Mellado in an individual play closed the game with 6-1.
The match ended with 5-1 and Jimbee continues to make history for its first participation in the Champions League and will play in its first Final Four to fight for the title.