After the 1-1 draw between Nacional and Santa Fe this Thursday at El Campin Stadium, At the press conference they asked the interim coach of Nacional, Pedro Sarmiento, about why Jarlan Barrera looks a few extra kilos, to which the coach replied as follows:
“We want him, we need him and we know that he has a taste, he likes to eat well, but we are helping you. We want it to get finer.”
Jokingly he added: “You have to ask the doctor and the nutritionist what they are giving him, because they have it very strong. Is a great playerwatch out for him.”
However, beyond the physical issue, Sarmiento also referred to the excellent conditions who has the creative steering wheel to play football.
“He is an excellent person, you have to know him well to understand his behavior, but here in Colombian soccer there is no player with his talent, with a condition, motor intelligence and understanding of the game,” he said.
The midfielder had one of the clearest options for Nacional to take the three points from Bogotá, but his shot hit the post. He was also criticized on social networks because on the field he looks overweight.
We contacted the club doctor, Nelson Rodríguez, who said that there is a strict weight control in the team. “All the players have daily weight control and regular monitoring of body composition with anthropometry and DEXA (X-ray that measures calcium and other minerals in the bones. The measurement shows the strength and density of the bones).
Rodríguez assured that in the case of Jarlan, the soccer player is at the same weight with which he competed against Tolima in the final of last semester.