Atlético Junior fell against Deportivo Pereira by 1-0 and cut a good streak of 9 games without falls.
It was a complex duel from the beginning, when Carlos Darwin Quintero scored the only goal and then his team retreated and controlled without major difficulties the visitor's equality attempts.
The coach César Farías acknowledged that “the efficacy must be improved, because in this type of games it ends up paying expensive.”
Did you leave your attack options at home?
And then the fans wondered: did the ideal options to improve that aim problem have on the bench? And two absences concentrated attention.
These are the extremes José in love and Déiber Caicedo, who did not travel with the team and stayed in Barranquilla by technical decision. Did they have physical problems? Not really. That is why both participated in a friendly match against the Colombia Sub 20 team, which advances a microcycle in the city.
Are there the luxury of leaving two men at home who can unlock the attack with a projection or a genius? In fact that was Farías's decision, although each case has an explanation.
In the case of Caicedo, it is worth remembering that the player requested in recent days to make a trip to Canada, where he had to attend some issues related to his departure from Vancouver Whitecaps, a team to which Junior paid 2 million dollars for the transfer. He had barely returned and did not have enough workouts, so it was decided not to go to Pereira. Of course, it is not that he had much possibility of playing with Farías, it must be said.
Instead of the lover would be a different bet: the player faces a performance downturn and the DT would have decided to leave it in Barranquilla, first to have it fresh for the duel against América de Cali next Saturday, but also with the intention of giving a touch of attention.
The players who are in the nursing
In addition to those casualties, Junior's medical body updated the physical state of the squad and gave the report of those in the infirmary.
Jermein Zidane Peña is still in the process of recovery after its cross ligament injury, is in the so -called rehabilitation phase and will not be available until the second semester.
Harold Rivera is in the strengthening phase, after having undergone knee surgery.
Jhon Navia, for a tear in the posterior thigh of the left leg, and Jhon Lerma, for a problem in the adductor of the right leg, are in strengthening work.
