There are seven dates of an accelerated BetPlay League I-2021 due to end in May. It looks like it’s just getting started but it’s progressing by over 30% and there is uncertainty among the huge and discerning América de Cali fans as their squad is still not raised.
It is true that he has a postponed match with Patriotas, which will be on the first date, which will be held in Tunja. But his 12th place in the league doesn’t stop surprising with just 6 points, 13 behind the lone leader, his backyard rival, Deportivo Cali.
Its operation is far from what it did in the second half of 2020 to get the 15th star, except it was harmed by the penalties from starters like Marlon Torres, Yesus Vergara and Duvan Vergara, who missed two. dates from the tournament to retaliate against Teófilo Gutiérrez’s infractions in that controversial video celebrating the final.
Coach Juan Cruz Real felt uncomfortable, removing men from circulation who surrendered in the 2019 title with Alexandre Guimaraes, such as Juan Pablo Segovia (he went to Mexico), Carlos Sierra (he went to Tolima this Friday) and Rafael Carrascal it has alternately but at the same time asked for reinforcements who are only trying to tune in with the rest of their companions.
Adding it up one by one doesn’t pay, and that’s exactly what has happened in the League so far, and in Pascual Guerrero, who had been his stronghold. The Reds drew 1-1 with Águilas Doradas, 0-0 with Bucaramanga and Santa Fe, losing 2-1 to Junior and defeating Boyacá Chicó 1-2 along the way, their only win to date.
When looking at the collective performance, players like goalkeeper Joel Graterol, who has saved impending goals, and the youth Santiago Moreno, who acts as a skilled player, have high marks, while Adrián Ramos is not false in his mission to face rivals. to fight. defenses. The goal is missing, something that has become common in most national football clubs.
Six of the fifteen points disputed represent 40% of the performance, clearly a weak campaign, although with the additions of forward Díber Cambindo and winger Jeison Steven Lucumí, the managers believe they were well covered and the comeback will soon take in oxygen and back in. the top eight.
The real thing is that the Copa Libertadores is returning and the Colombian champion has to forget the pale image he left last year when he finished fourth in Group E and was eliminated in the first round.
National arrives next Sunday (8:05 pm) in Atanasio Girardot, with a technician who knows the ‘devils’ like Alexandre Guimaraes, and we will have to look for the victory to clear the big doubts that accompany the Valle del Cauca team . in this new edition of the domestic competition.
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
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