Atlético Nacional returned to the path of victory in the Copa Libertadores, after its 3-1 win over international at the Atanasio Girardot stadium, which also removed the “Espina” by the win in Beira Río and placed it on the path to reach the round of 16 by group F.
However, During the game a new act of indiscipline was seen in greenwhich in the second semester of 2024 were recurring in some players, as well as the controversies around his then coach Efraín Juárez, and who continued with Javier Gandolfi in 2025.
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For now, the next objective of the green is to ensure the “invisible point” in the Betplay League, to reach the home runs, and receives at the Atanasio Girardot to Llaneros, which is eliminated, on Sunday, May 11 to seek the victory in the championship.
“We will speak it and we will reach an agreement”
During the meeting in Medellín on May 8, the Green squad was seen with a lot of decision for victory, concentration and without despair, so things went well and even replaced the international discount with Kevin Viveros’s third goal in the replacement time.
What was not seen was At 81 minutes, when Matheus Uribe was angry to be replaced by Elkin Riverowho did not even greeted when they found themselves in the central line, arrived at the bank with great fury and with the desire to continue playing, although the match was close to ending.
-At a press conference, coach Javier Gandolfi was in charge of revealing that moment, explaining that, in the next few days, he will have a conversation with the midfielder to know the reasons for his discomfort at the meeting, in which he gave him the opportunity to be a starter.
“The idea is that the player who comes out, shakes hand to the partner and give him that confidence. The coach does not help him, but we will speak it and we will reach an agreement so that this well -being that I speak day by day continues ”, were the words of the Argentine coach.
However, it seems that the issue with Uribe will not go to adults, only the conversation and expect how the steering wheel responds, which became someone decisive in the payroll by its experience and the rotation for double competition in the first semester, as well as by the injury of Juan Manuel Zapata.
Regarding the game, Javier Gandolfi took a balance of how he saw his directed: “In the first half the team was highly higher than the opponent, at stake, in intensity, in duels, in aggressiveness and had significant wear before a rival who in my opinion is one of the ones that best plays in this Copa Libertadores.”
“The second half I think it was a bit more similar to what we expected to occur throughout the game, saying this, I think it could have been a factor, the high intensity that the team had And that’s why at minute 75 we began to make the changes to give a little more oxygen to that half of the court where both Matheus and Billy had had significant wear, ”he added.
On the criticisms of some fans for the bad moment, Gandolfi replied that “I still did not talk to the players and the bad atmosphere to which I referred to was exterior, because we are in a great one where we have to win absolutely everything and When there appears a negative result they will punish youI also told them. I have to transmit tranquility to the team and it was what I did, I trust, and it was 10 days of what we were talking about ”
“We are in another position, it does not change me personally anything, but I know that this can be very positive, it is for what we work, that the team is classified in all the tournaments we are playing and today we are going to sleep in that area where we want to be,” he concluded.
