The duel between National and Pereira Not only is it crucial for Green’s aspirations to maintain chances of qualifying for the home runs, and for Pereira to make sure once and for all, but also generates morbidity because The coach of the Matecaña club has always wanted to lead the Antioquian teambut they haven’t given him the opportunity.
In a thousand and one ways, Leonel Álvarez has insisted for several years that he wants to become the technical direction of the club with whom he was champion in the 1989 Copa Libertadores and insists that the arguments put forward for him not to be the purslane coach are not true.
He denied that he had anything to do with the lawsuit that Eladio Tamayo filed, on behalf of the Leonel Álvarez School, against Nacional for the Marlos Moreno case. He also denied the difficulty in negotiating with his representative Andrés Romano and, finally, asked to speak with the directors of the Antioquia club, who until now have not received him.
So once again, as he has done with other teams, He will have to face the club of his loves and knows that he must beat them to continue demonstrating his ability. He has already done it before with Medellín, Águilas Doradas, Deportivo Cali and Libertad of Paraguay, now he will do it for the first time at the head of Pereira.
So coach Pablo Repetto and his team will not have an easy time reaching the three points, even though the statistics show that Of the last 5 games against the Pereira team, the green team only lost one and won 4.
Any result other than victory takes Nacional out of the race taking into account that the eighth place is already ahead by 3 points and that, ahead in the table, aspiring to that place, are Medellín, Fortaleza and Millonarios.
This match awakens attention and the great challenge for Nacional de not let Leonel and his team leave him practically eliminatedsomething that for the Paisa coach would be revenge against the club he loves and that has not given him the opportunity to direct it, even if he was an idol as a player.
Data sheet
Event: Date 17 of the Betplay-1 League
Stadium: El Campin
Referee: Carlos Ortega (Bolívar)
Hour: 8:20 p.m.
TV: Win Sports+
National: Castle; Joan Castro, Juan José Arias, Felipe Aguirre, Álvaro Angulo; Mejía, Duque, Ceppelini; Salazar, Ocampo and Aristizábal.
Technical: Pablo Repetto.
Pereira: Ichazo; Monroy, Garcés, Moya, Giraldo; Jordán, Moreno, Ríos; Gil, Ibargüen, Quintero.
Technical: Leonel Alvarez.
