The recent defeat of America de Cali against Patriotas by the 12th date of the BetPlay League further tarnished the present of the 'Scarlet' team. The sum of the poor results and the 'divorce' of coach Juan Carlos Osorio with the fans and managers today have the team in the 14th box of the championship and outside the international tournaments.
The 'Red Devils' arrived at the La Independencia stadium in Tunja with the intention of repairing the road to get into the fight to enter the group of eight. Adrián Ramos opened the scoreboard for the Americans in the 12th minute, however, the goals of Marcílio Silva de Lima (33') and Darwin López (64') rounded off the comeback of the Boyacense team, which maintains an undefeated four home games in the championship.
Beyond the final result, there was a particular anectode that was released this Wednesday on behalf of Cristian Barrios, a flyer for Patriotas. In dialogue with the program 'Los Dueños del Balón', on Antena 2 Cali, it revealed that there was a point in the match where American players asked their opponents to stop running.
“They [American footballers] feel helpless, to see that they give everything but the results are not given to them. And that causes anger and discussions begin among oneself,” Barrios said in the first instance, adding that some opponents began by saying “that we are very tired, that they can't stand us anymore.”
“In the second half they already talked to us a lot, that we stood still, that we were already winning the match... But one of those big teams can't go down, it's time to take advantage of those moments to settle the match quickly,” he added to the aforementioned media outlet.
When Barrios was asked about the names of some players who adopted that attitude, he replied that they were Didier Pino, a steering wheel, and Brayan Vera, a left-back and newcomer to America from Italian football.
In fact, Vera was the protagonist in the second score of Patriotas. Let's remember that America was trying to get out with the ball dominated and, when the ball went to the side of 'La Mecha', the control was long. Carlos Andrés Mosquera took advantage of the technical failure and ended up assisting Darwin López to finish the 2-1.
“I prefer not to talk about individual mistakes and I take responsibility for everything: guilty of the choice of training and all the mistakes that the team has made, because if we are going to talk about the micro and individual mistakes, I think that means that we train badly and that we are lacking in everyday life,” he said. Osorio at the press conference.
The relationship between the risaraldense coach and the team's top shareholder, Tulio Gómez, is not the best. On previous occasions, the director has sent signals through his social networks, and the defeat against Patriotas was no exception.
The businessman went back to his Twitter account, where he posted an image of Marcelo Bielsa along with that of some children playing at an improvised pool table. With the photograph, a quote from the Argentine coach appears in which he explains: “When they tell me that my plans cannot be developed due to lack of resources, I take a picture of some affrincados playing pool”.
On the next date America will face a difficult visit to Deportes Tolima at the Manuel Murillo Toro Stadium, in Ibagué. The meeting is scheduled for this Sunday, March 27, starting at 7:30 p.m.
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