It was of no use to have given the blow in Brazil against Botafogo, since Junior has not done his homework at home in the Copa Libertadores and has given up four points that begin to leave him in an uncomfortable position for what is to come in the final stretch of group D.
After the 1-1 draw against Liga de Quito in Barranquilla, Junior reached five points in the standings and although they are still in the first positions, the group was tightened and now they were forced to add away victories to get back on track.
Junior has three games left to play in Libertadores and will have two of them consecutively as visitors, with Universitario and Liga de Quito being the rivals he will have to beat, precisely, with the only ones that gave up points at home.
In addition, they will have to host Botafogo in Barranquilla on the last day and surely, the Brazilians will go out to win to recover the ground lost on the first day against the sharks.
In total there are 9 points left in dispute for Junior in this group stage and if he wins all three games, he would achieve classification, as he will reach 14 points, enough to be able to go to the round of 16.
However, the task is not easy due to the two consecutive away games and if they tie or lose in those visits to Peru and Ecuador, the outlook would become more difficult.
If Junior equals against Universitario, it would add 6 points and they will have to wait for LDU to lose or equal with Botafogo, because then the Ecuadorians will not make much of a difference in the table and then the shark will have to go to Quito, where they will have to win or at least add a point , but they will have to hope that the Peruvians do not add a victory against the Brazilians and practically the final classification would be at home against ‘Fogao’, being forced to win.
In the case of losing both away matches, which is the most complicated scenario, because they will have to beat Botafogo to reach a maximum of 8 points, Junior would be left practically without options, since the Ecuadorians and Peruvians could surpass them if they win. whatever they have left and taking into account that points can be obtained when they face each other.