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América de Cali presents important casualties for its confrontation with Nacional this Sunday (6:05 pm), but it also recovered experienced players, apart from the fact that it has Peruvian striker Marco Aldair Rodríguez ready to debut on date 15 of the BetPlay League , in the intention of leaving without complexes to the field of the Atanasio Girardot Stadium.
For this reason, his coach, Juan Cruz Real, said this Saturday at a press conference that in the previous game he did not sign the tie, because he feels that his team already has the football idea that has been impregnating him for just two months.
Regarding the news of the Colombian champion, the goalkeeper Jeison, Pinillo, the right-back Daniel Quiñones and the forward Carlos Cortés Barreiro, who were summoned to the Colombia Under 20 Team, left the call. Likewise, Adrián Ramos and Yesus Cabrera retain their isolation after testing positive for ciovid-19; while the Venezuelan goalkeeper Joel Graterol, the Chilean midfielder Rodrigo Ureña and the Inca striker Aldair Pérez return to Medellín with two training sessions and the urgency of having a scorer.
Cruz Real confirmed that Edwin Velasco, who had a muscular discomfort in the match against Patriotas, is already well, so that the subsequent quarterback will not suffer modifications. He will have to stay very focused to control an opponent who shows his best arguments from the midfield upwards.
Sixth with 23 points, the scarlet team knows that regardless of the result they will not leave the first eight, but the slogan is a triumph to be calmer before their trip to Porto Alegre to face Gremio in their last option to stay in the Cup Liberators.
In the mission of carrying the offensive weight against Nacional will be Rafal Carrascal, Duván Vergara, Jhon Arias and possibly Juan David Pérez. It is clear that if rapid transitions are rehearsed, the purslane rear provides spaces that must be used. Logically, it is necessary that there be game production in the medullary area.
Regarding how he has planned the game due to the constant rotation of the Antioquia team, the Argentine coach pointed out that “obviously Nacional is a team that has top players, that has a coach whom I respect a lot, but basically the names vary, not the model. of the game, it is very difficult to watch all the games, sometimes it seems that it changes a lot due to the different names, we are very focused on what we can do more in what the rival is going to do, we have to be focused on our functioning, on how to attack, how to defend, to continue consolidating ourselves, to continue improving the things that we must improve, to continue reinforcing the things that we are doing well, thinking a lot about ourselves to go out and win the game ”.
On whether something about Aldair Rodríguez has surprised him in the two training sessions carried out: “You have to see him play, a footballer changes, one can see more details, logically we saw it before, images, we have to have the necessary patience that comes from another football , which is not better or worse, but rather that each League has its characteristics, as we talked about it with him, that he can adapt quickly, that he can know our game model and hoping that it will be very successful, for something America paid attention to him ” .
Of the positive cases of coronavirus, he maintained and what has been the evolution of his idea in the game with the campus: “As a society we are all concerned about the pandemic, especially when any human being contracts the virus, which is something that does not we want, and based on that regardless of the care taken, it is likely that it could happen to anyone. You have to take good care of yourself, be attentive and pay maximum attention to what can be controlled. I think the team has shown the idea of the game, obviously we have to emphasize on continuing to improve things, I think it is important to mention, although I do not take it as an excuse but as a mitigating factor, we began to work collectively two weeks before the start of the championship , many games have been played during the week and in that dynamic we had to manage the work with images conceptually with the players and the quality of the work is not the same as it is possible to have in a full week, in itself not being able to train, the Game behavior takes longer, especially when there is a new game model, I mean that the team has the general idea, both to attack and to defend, we undoubtedly know that we have to continue to improve our way of attacking, in a model Combinative play is more difficult to develop than in a game model where you seek to defend rather than attack ”.
Finally, when asked if with the losses he has, he would sign the tie, he was emphatic in pointing out that “when you have players who are not available, added to the Under-20s who go to the National Team and more so considering that we are giving an important possibility to young players, undoubtedly there is a difficulty, but to sign the tie, no. We are in América de Cali and we have to always aim to win the matches, regardless of the difficulties we have, we must adapt to the moments, to the momentary problems and always aim to win ”.
Match data
Nacional has won 10 of their last 11 home matches against América.
The purslane team is not characterized by being strong in defense, since in the last 10 games they have always scored a goal.
America has not yet won as a visitor in this contest, accumulating 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Probable formation
America from Cali: Joel Graterol; Cristian Arrieta, Marlon Torres, Juan Pablo Segovia, Edwin Velasco; Luis Alejandro Paz, Rafael Carrascal, Carlos Sierra; Duván Vergara, John Arias (Luis Sánchez), Juan David Pérez (Aldair Rodríguez).
DT: Juan Cruz Real.
Stadium: Atanasio Girardot
Sunday October 18
Time: 6:05 pm
Stream: WIN Sports +
Referee: Andrés Rojas (Bogotá)
Assistants: Alexander Guzmán (Norte de Santander) and Javer Motta (Cundinamarca).
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
On twitter: @marquitosgarces
