América de Cali armed a payroll to win everything he is playing in this 2025. Noe s exaggeration. From the managers to the youngest of the red template, it has the full celebrations in the sight.
The hiring of Juan Fernando Quintero is undoubtedly a step forward in that goal, but if he is also surrounded by Vergara, Holgado, Barrios, Álvarez Balanta, Carrascal, Bocanegra and prospects such as Cavadía and Lucumí, the goal does not seem impossible.
Of course, what could they do without a goalkeeper 'Win-Parties'? And it is that until that position, which generated concern about the gratrol injury and the irregularity of the Uruguayan Santiago Silva, one of the men was resolved at a better time in the team: Jorge Soto.
Scapes against Hurricane made him a figure
After its spectacular double stopping in the 0-0 draw on Hurricane court, the red goalkeeper has been praised widely and even achieved an outstanding figuration.
Soto is the ideal eleven goalkeeper of the week in the South American Cup, because effectively the point that joined in Argentine territory had him as a great protagonist.
He, however, does not want personal glory: “I can not take responsibility for the draw. That is, I do my job and my work is the last one that is seen, let's say so, when there is a shot or when the zero is taken out, but the effort was a whole team, we were 11 inside the court. Those who entered later did a great job, those who are on the outside, technical body, medical body; Blu Radio Deportivo. .
“In my mind I have no roof. Everything can always be improved; if today jump 30 centimeters, tomorrow I can 31. There are always many things to correct, trying to get perfection as close as possible, which is impossible, but it is tried,” he added.
THE SECRET OF THE GREAT FIGURE
Precisely, when talking about the secret, additional to daily work, to the repetitions and training, Soto told what the work that has it in one of his best moments: the work with his psychologist.
“I think that until the day I retire, that is, even when I retired I have to continue working with her. I meet her before each game in the previous night, we meet for Zoom always. After the matches we reviewed the goals because before each game I consider some goals. We review them, we look if we fulfilled them or which one we missed, it is a daily job,” he revealed.
And among those goals there are no points or arches at zero but very specific and even unexpected objectives, because the main one in that match against Hurricane was to reach a state of “maximum alert,” he said. “It is feeling calm and prepared, as if I were facing any challenge. Reaching that state of alert needs psychological work,” he said.
