Deportivo Cali will have to get used to the idea of not having Agustín Palavecino anymore and this Sunday (6:05 pm) he returns to Tunja to take on Patriotas and look for another victory that will put him as leader of the BetPlay will retain. I-2021 Competition.
Exactly, a goal from the gaucho midfielder gave the Verdiblancos three points last weekend and first place (10 units) in that city, on the fourth day of the game, against Boyacá Chicó.
The departure of Palavecino is imminent, probably to River Plate, as is the interest of the Argentinian club and the player, although it is not out of the question that a bid from Palmeiras from Brazil will appear. Therefore, it is not part of the travelers to Boyacá territory.
Coach Alfredo Arias has two options: keep Kevin Velasco and Andrés Arroyo alongside Marco Pérez as the only striker, or eliminate one of the two homegrown players with Ángelo Rodríguez next to Pérez.
There is no denying that Palavecino’s absence is taking the effect of the game away from the ‘sugar’ cast and means he must call on more direct football, although recent experiences on the field at La Independencia Stadium suggest that he this second will use. alternatively, although that tall grass does not allow short arrivals in association.
The forced fall in the starting eleven in the team of Valle del Cauca is the departure of right back Juan Camilo Angulo due to a muscle tension that would cost him three games away, and the appearance of Harold Gómez.
Arias pointed out during a press conference that “the team is coming from last year’s continuity, I think it’s competitive, with all the teams we went out to put our idea forward, to win, we believe in that a lot. , the players are convinced, they have been brave in a match like the previous one in which the field conditions were difficult, they were still running the match, it only marks a path in which we have to improve many things, keeping the attitude of always wanting to win “.
Regarding Patriotas, he said that “it is a team that works well, has a certain game idea, a fairly compact possession game, with short lines and with a short team, both left to right and from, it has earned more. They have points and we are going to have a very difficult game, because they are also going to fight for possession, for possession, they are more used to that job than we are, but we are going to go for three points again ”.
Taking into account that he already knows the Tunja field, he had to learn about learning, he explained, “Every day you learn about everything, it’s a field that makes all football bad, it’s not just us, all who play this game.that goes on the ground, with a ball that has to turn or run fast, and it’s like going to a billiard table and playing with the cloth up or with holes, same thing, they will definitely say ‘I can’t play here now ‘, but it is what it is there and all teams have to go there, they all suffer from it, so we have to adapt, try to be very careful not to make mistakes, keep the ball, keep it sometimes bad boot, which sometimes exhausts you more and eats your leg, hopefully we can learn and do better because we are dealing with an opponent who played well, who couldn’t win, but played well ”.
Regarding the two calls to the Colombian national team, Jhojan Valencia and Jhon Vásquez, he said: “I am very happy for them, for the institution, I am very happy that coach Reinaldo Rueda is doing this, I think the technicians here to be. training, we are coaches, sometimes the national team does not allow you to train because a coach comes back to you for 2-3 days, but it does allow you to work with the other players for the rest of the year, bring your idea with them forward, get to know them, if they go to Europe or some other place, what they already know you or you know them at the same time, I think Reinaldo Rueda is very important, in the long run it will reduce us a little bit that week because we will certainly have mentioned those players, but I always think it will help the player to the attitude that they are in the national team ”.
Likewise, he referred to Tolima, his first rival in the South American Cup: “A very good team, along with Santa Fe, was the best of the season in the regular championship last year as they came in the first and second. place, this year has already started showing regularity, the kind of game his coach has, he has an idea that comes from years, he has a very strong team, even this speech is respect, and when the game starts, go we for the three points, here and there ”.
Sunday, February 7
Stadium: La Independencia (Tunja)
Hour: 6:05 PM
They broadcast: WIN Sports + y winsports.co
Likely formation:
Guillermo De Amores; Harold Gómez, Hernán Menosse, Jorge Arias, Darwin Andrade; Carlos Robles, Jhojan Valencia, Kevin Velasco, Andrés Arroyo, Jhon Vásquez, Marco Pérez (Ángelo Rodríguez).
DT: Alfredo Arias.
Referee: Diego Ruiz (Goal)
Attendees: Miguel Roldán (Antioquia) and Geovanny Padilla (Bogotá).
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
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