07:42 AM
The technician Rafael Dudamel, who this Saturday will lead the Atlético Bucaramanga in the Colombian soccer final, He couldn’t take it anymore and exploded against journalist Carlos Antonio Vélez, who he said was a persona non grata not only for his team but for the city of the capital of Santander.
This cast, which will begin this Saturday to define the champion of the Betplay League 1-2024 against Santa Fe, He was the best of the regular phase with 38 points, and despite the modest payroll he has, he also came first in his home run with 8 points and making the difference against Millonarios, Pereira and Junior for the invisible point achieved after being the leader in the round of all against all, which, in Colombian journalism in general, was highlighted. However, commentator Carlos Antonio Vélez had a vision.
“The best team in the tournament and the home runs, @SantaFe, will play the final against Bucaramanga, which qualified with the same score of 4 eliminated, just 8 points. The Cardenal team, by game and numbers, rode the semifinal phase. It was the best home and the best visitor, which puts it in first place in the reclassification. Cheers and congratulations (sic),” Vélez wrote on his X account.
And he added: “Without a “sports advantage” the final was @MillosFCoficial-@SantaFe… By points, the finalist Bucaramanga only surpassed Equidad and was in 5th place in the general table of 8 with just 44% performance. @SantaFe doubled 5 teams of the remaining 7 and closed with 89% performance. Better said, the final corresponding only to “football things”.”
These words generated annoyance among the Bucaramanga fans, especially the Venezuelan coach Dudamel, who managed to get this club to a new final after 27 years.
“To all those people who are against Atlético Bucaramanga, our fans are very clear about it, they are a persona non grata for Bucaramanga, not only for the team, for the city, everyone is very clear about that. Persona non gratas in the city, those who, in a mediocre, arrogant, arrogant manner, try to demean the finalists over the course of six months,” Dudamel said at a press conference.
At the closing of 2021, Vélez had already questioned the Venezuelan’s role as a coach, especially when he won Deportivo Cali champion, who was coming from a process with the Uruguayan Alfredo Arias.
And later, when Dudamel arrived at the Canary Islands club, Vélez once again turned to the latter so that he could achieve something on his own merits. “Be careful that Bucaramanga has a challenge. He is the only one of that line who has not won a title. Earn it, then, but with your own work.”
The first match of the final will be this Saturday in Bucaramanga starting at 7:30 pm, and the return match on Saturday, June 15 in the country’s capital at the same time.
