Buenos Aires Oct 5 (IANS) Colombia s Atletico Junior drew 1-1 against Colon in Santa Fe and qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana football championship where they will face Argentina s Defensa.
Both teams suffered the loss of a player in the 33rd minute of Thursday s match when referee Diego Haro showed a red card to Colon s Leonardo Heredia and Junior s Jarlan Barrera reports Efe.
Colon first took the lead in the 75th minute thanks to a goal by Matias Fritzler but Daniel Moreno managed to score the equalizer for Junior in the 82nd minute.
Junior s equalising goal disheartened the Argentine team as it needed two goals for its classification to the next round.
The Colombian team had won the first-leg game 1-0.

--IANS gau/bg