America de Cali secured a 4-2 victory over Junior at the Olimpico Pascual Guerrero on 26 August 2026 in the seventh round of the Clausura phase of the Primera A. The hosts opened the scoring through L. Muriel in the second minute before mounting a comeback to take all three points.
Junior took an early lead through Muriel, but America responded with determination. M. Mina equalised in the fortieth minute, and Thomas Angel Gutterres put the hosts ahead shortly after the break with a goal in the forty-seventh minute. By then the momentum had shifted.
Juñior fought back with two goals from J. Murillo in the sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth minutes. Y. Quintero restored America's advantage in the seventy-fourth minute, and here's the thing — the match soon turned into a spectacle of red cards and late goals.
Both sides were reduced to ten men in the closing stages. G. Celis was sent off for the visitors in the eighty-fourth minute, while Y. Quintero followed in the eighty-fifth. A third red card appeared in the eighty-sixth minute. F. S. Angel Bernal then scored twice in quick succession, adding the eighty-seventh and eighty-eighth minute goals to seal the result.
America dominated possession with 55 per cent and created more clear-cut opportunities. Their expected goals figure of 2.55 compared to Junior's 1.07, and they registered nine shots on target against five. The hosts converted four chances while the visitors managed two.
The result leaves America in fourth place with 33 points from 19 games, while Junior remain second on 35 points. Both teams have suffered six defeats this season, but the gap in points narrows as the Clausura phase progresses.
