While National concentrates on the match against Bucaramangafrom this Saturday at 8:00 pm at the Atanasio Girardot stadium, other information around the teamwhich does not take him away from the goal of returning to victory in Liga Betplay.
The first was the revelation of goalkeeper Iván Arboleda on the Caracol Radio program El Vbar, in which he stated that he was very close to reaching the Antioquia institution, but that step was frustrated for reasons beyond his control.
“When I realized that I was not going to play with Rayo Vallecano, several offers came up for me to go on loan. Atlético Nacional appears and I had the intention of going, I wanted to play and I put the money aside. My house is in Colombia and I wanted to share it with my family. I was not given the opportunity because Rayo Vallecano did not accept the conditions set by Nacional”, he said.
On the other hand, the statements by Andrés “El Rifle” Andrade that raised a wheal in Junior and his fans.
Referring to the second leg of the quarterfinals in which they were eliminated, the green midfielder stated that Junior was a “rogue team, they came to stop the game with players who spent all their time faking it. Today we are watching the Cup on television but this cannot happen in our football. The real playing time reflects this”.
Likewise, this Thursday the sanctions bulletin published by Dimayor came out, and again the Antioquia team was affectedprecisely because of what happened in that meeting.
In the match, which ended 1-1 and thus Junior won the aggregate 4-1 and advanced to the semifinal with Magdalena, some fans located in the north stand threw objects at the rival players.
That reprehensible act had consequences, and the club was punished with two dates of suspension of that tribune and a fine of $3,000,000.
However, the paisa group can present resources for replacement and appeal. Also, the penalty is for next year’s Cup and won’t affect him in the League. Likewise, it was reported that the sanction for Andrés Andrade, expelled in this match, will be one date (to be paid in the 2023 Cup) and a financial fine.
For this Saturday’s duel against Bucaramanga statistics favor Nationalwho has not lost at the Atanasio with that team since September 5, 2018, 2-3.