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With physical evaluations and medical evaluations, a new cycle officially took off at Atlético Nacional. Under the gaze of coach Alexandre Guimarães, the first day of preseason took place at the Guarne sports headquarters, where the team will seek to get ready for its participation in the BetPlay Cup, initially, and later face the League and the Copa Libertadores.
In a brief text published on the website, the club detailed that during the day the presentation of the new coaching staff to the professional team was carried out, but he did not specify the number of participants or which players They were present at the High Performance Center (CAR).
According to the photos published on social networks, the technical staff that received the group is made up of, in addition to Guimarães, the assistant Juliano Fontana, the physical trainers Felipe García and Walter Rivera, goalkeeping coach Milton Patiño and strategist Alejandro Restrepo.
“Players Jonathan Marulanda, Neyder Moreno, Nicolás Hernández and Hayen Palacios were present at the beginning of the preseason, “the institution reported. Jéfferson Duque and Andrés Andrade were also present, suggesting a possible renewal of the contract that ends in December. Brayan Rovira and Déinner Quiñones were other attendees, according to some publications.
Among the confirmed absences are Juan David Cabal, Yerson Mosquera, Sebastián Guerra and Jímer Fory, who are part of the microcycle of the Colombia U-20 National Team and they are expected by their new strategist in the next few days to join the rest of their teammates
Ángel and other juveniles, incorporated by Guimarães
The novelty confirmed at the start of the preseason is the presence from forward Tomás Ángel, who was part of the youth group that incorporated the new coaching staff to training. John Alexander Valencia Hinestroza and Luis Miguel Marquínes Preciado are the other players from the quarry who were with the professional team, in addition to the son of ex-footballer Juan Pablo Ángel.
“Tomás, 17 years old and born in 2003, is a forward with a left-handed profile and one of its main characteristics is dribbling, power, as well as being a scorer and an assistant “, Nacional specified in the report of the first day of work, in which he added that, for his part, “John is 18 years old, born in 2002, he is a center forward and his main characteristics are power and competitiveness in the passing game. Luis Miguel is 17 years old, born in 2003 in Tumaco, he is a left-handed goalkeeper characterized by his agility and good footwork and good game reading “.
The team will continue with double shift work this Wednesday within a preseason that has two cycles. The first began on Tuesday, December 15 and will have breaks for the festivities of 24 and 31. The second will start on January 3, the hope of being able to do it with the full squad and the decisions about the squad made according to the evaluations of the Brazilian coach. For now, there is no information on the closed concentration that Guimarães announced during his presentation.
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