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Colo Colo is in one of the most delicate crisis in recent times in all its lines. The albos do not see one on the field and they collapse at the leadership level, where a large part of the darts point to Marcelo Espina.
The chief’s sports director is pointed out as responsible for the bad times the club is experiencing, What got worse after the role against Deportes Antofagasta and that could generate, among other things, the loss of the three points in dispute.
This Monday, Espina faced the microphones at the Monumental Stadium and defended with all his management for the duel with the pumas. “We never request suspension of the game, we request a change of schedule. There was an agreement that any team that returned from international competition from abroad, the programming of the next match in the national tournament would be in the last two hours of the day“, He launched.
The suspended duel against Deportes Antofagasta generated an earthquake inside Colo Colo. Photo: Agency One
But that was not all as he launched a threat to defend himself against the ANFP. “It is not just an agreement in word, but in the response to an email that we have. We asked to play later due to a break issue and the request was not accepted. In an email on Tuesday the 22nd they told us that the schedule could not be changed and we get ready to play. It is not mandatory to return the same day of the game and we returned the next day for the rest of the players. This we had planned three weeks ago“.
Espina also stressed that all the deadlines were on schedule days ago. “The trip was planned three weeks in advance, our person was not infected in Brazil, it was from a close contact from before. We would have returned 10 hours before or 10 hours after the next day’s training we would have lost it anyway, because the test results are not up to the minute“.
“Rest was privileged, so we returned on Thursday. Loss of training was more reflected in traceability due to a positive theme, not PCR. There the issue took us longer. There is no more return to continue digging. We try to fulfill perfectly. 50 people returned from Brazil, with two tests and one came out positive, the rest of the 49 people repeated negative“he added.
Apologies to Deportes Antofagasta
Espina took the time to offer his apologies to Deportes Antofagasta for everything that happened, but insisted that this could happen to anyone. “I’m sorry for them, they were not to blame for a positive in our delegation and we empathize“.
“Within the protocol, any team that arrives at a stadium and a positive case is known, footballers cannot get off the bus because otherwise that team runs the risk of getting infected. That is why they cannot go down. Not that colo colo did not let them go down. It can happen even to us if an opponent has a positive. We comply with the protocol“, he added.
Avoid problems after Peñarol
This Monday, the Colo Colo campus took flight to Uruguay for their match tomorrow against Peñarol for the Copa Libertadores, a duel for which everything possible will be done to avoid another embarrassment. “Arrived from Montevideo, the respective PCR will be done to return to training, that means that on Tuesday it will be difficult to train because of the time that the results take. Last week we played on a Wednesday and now we will do it on a Tuesday, we will have one more day before the next game“.
The sports manager albo also explained the absence of Nicolás Blandi on the payroll. “On the day of the match against Athletico Paranaense, during the warm-up he felt a discomfort between the quadriceps area and the fascia lata, a muscle that runs along the side. As a precaution, he did not enter, but was considerate. Yesterday he felt the discomfort again, so for a matter of precaution we will evaluate him“.
Finally he made a call to the fans. “I am worried, internally annoyed, for the love I have for this club and its people. It is understandable and they are right to be angry. In the National Tournament things are not good, but in the Copa Libertadores we are doing well. It is understood, shared and we adhere to the sentiment of the people. We trust in this good team. Players strive to train to their best and perform in matches. They are also worried“.
