Junior de Barranquilla and Independiente Santa Fe meet again on 23 May at 8:30 p.m. for the return leg of their semifinal, with the tie locked at 1-1 after the first match. Junior will host in Barranquilla and will look to turn home advantage into the result that sends it to the Liga BetPlay final.
The match will be shown on WinSports and also covered in Rock N’ Gol de Radioacktiva, giving supporters a live route into one of the season’s biggest nights. The winner will move on to face the finalist from Atlético Nacional vs Deportes Tolima, the other semifinal pairing that will decide the second name in the title match.
Both clubs arrive with recent momentum. Santa Fe defeated Platense during the week before the game, while Junior beat Sporting Cristal. That added confidence matters because the margin remains thin after the 1-1 draw, and neither side can afford a slow start in a match that should be decided by one sharp finish, one defensive lapse or one moment of composure under pressure.
The setting also gives the contest extra weight for Santa Fe, which won the 2025-I title by defeating Deportivo Independiente Medellín, and for Junior, which now has the chance to use its own ground to try to finish the job. In a semifinal this tight, the return leg is less about style than control, and Barranquilla is where that balance will be tested first.
What happens next is simple and unforgiving: one team will leave Barranquilla with a place in the final, and the other will be done. After a first leg that ended even, the return match is the one that will settle whether Junior or Santa Fe keeps moving toward the championship.
