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“Unfortunately we suffered many casualties,” warned Juan Manuel Insaurralde after Colo Colo’s defeat against Athletico Paranaense. The physical discomfort worries the dressing room, considering that he will have two important duels in three days. In the National Tournament he will try to escape from the bottom, and in the Copa Libertadores he will seek to continue with concrete options. The six injured leave Gualberto Jara in a very adverse scenario.
Colo Colo traveled to Curitiba without Matías Zaldivia, Julio Barroso and Esteban Paredes. In Brazil he added three more affected: Pablo Mouche and Óscar Opazo were injured off the field, and Nicolás Blandi did not even get to enter. “Nicolas suffered in the warm-up and could not enter because of that,” said the coach himself. The biggest problem against Paranaense was Mouche, who retired when they had just played four minutes.
They are the consequences of a decision that still haunts the Monumental. The use of the Employment Protection Act by Black and White forced the coaching staff to cut communication with their players for 2 months and 25 days. The guidelines of the physical area were forgotten, and that was noticeable since Colo Colo played again. “There is no other. This is going to be the case until we get back to the rhythm of the competition ”, said Jara after the defeat against Santiago Wanderers.
Black and White’s millionaire savings was, for now, just an appearance. This, because a resolution of the Labor Directorate gave the reason to the establishment in the fight for wages, and Colo Colo will have to unwrap a large amount of money. But the worst of the business is precisely on the court. The exhaustion, the internal conflicts and the repeated physical discomfort take the toll on a leadership that, for these weeks, remains silent.
In the event that Zaldivia, Barroso, Opazo, Mouche, Paredes and Blandi do not recover in time, Gualberto Jara will have to improvise again. This time against Antofagasta and Peñarol. Felipe Campos, his salvation, will no longer be enough. “We have to evaluate all the players who ended up with physical discomfort and then define what we can count on for the game on Saturday. We have to try to recover them in the best way,” said the coach in Brazil. The medical body is also alarmed.
