Giovanni Moreno ended his relationship with National Athletic in mid-2022, after winning the 18th star with the institution under the command of Hernán Dario Herrera. Since then, he has not played at a professional level again, although he has played as an amateur on the team. James Rodriguez for the popular Kings League.
In dialogue with Telemedellin, Moreno reappeared to talk about some situations of the current Colombian football. One of those topics that he referred to was Atlético Nacional, a team that is experiencing its worst years in terms of results in the last season. The Antioquian assured that although he highlights the bet of taking a chance on the homegrown players, it is important that they are accompanied by experienced and He highlighted that the initiative to put the team where it is accustomed belongs to the managers.
“National has always handled it like this, it has never changed. Now the face of the puppet has changed, those who remain in power and those who remain in command are the same“, he began by saying about the management given to the team. “The issue does not happen now because they changed those who were there, they did not make a decision, The idea is that those at the top have the initiative to put the team back where it was.”, he added in this regard.
For his part, he was emphatic in emphasizing that those who decide are the owners and not the president or the directors. “The president is not going to bring Suárez or Cavani because he wants to, he brings them because those above authorize it“He is going to name names and he is going to manage, but those who have to change the vision are those at the top, they already know how to put Nacional at the top.”
Regarding the club’s vision of promoting young players, he highlighted the importance of supporting experienced players: “They wanted to do another experiment, do other things, The business is in the young people, it is a secret to no one, but the young people, with their experience (experienced), they are the ones who are going to make them great.”
“You learn, it is with the blows, with the experiences. National had never done in history, I don’t remember playing a game with 9 starters from the quarryAs far as I can remember, it was always one or two, they entered and won the position. “The young players who leave Nacional always play alongside an experienced player,” he added about the crisis the team is experiencing.
Return to football?
Regarding the possibility of returning to football, Gio, 37 years old and about to turn 38, He revealed that he had talks with the coach of Once Caldas, Hernán Darío Herrera. He confessed that he expressed his intention to return, but he does not want to leave Medellín, so he made a request to the Antioquia coach.
“I spoke with Hernán and he told me that if I accompanied him for at least one semester and heand I told him to come out as a champion there with Once Caldas so that he could come and direct Envigado and we talked“, said.
“LThe idea is to put together a group to help this quarry of which we were part. There were players who reached this age that we have now and the idea is to set an example and guide young people,” he added about the desire to return to Envigado.
