América de Cali lives days of peace and tranquility, of satisfaction for well done work.
He is the leader of the Betplay I League and, with 32 points, already assured his classification to the home runs, which will allow him to rotate the payroll to concentrate only in the final round of the South American Cup, in which a visit to Corinthians (May 6) and two crosses in Cali against Hurricane (14) and Racing of Uruguay (27).
However, coach Jorge 'Moth' Da Silva has a concern, which is not new but very inoportuna.
FIRST POSSIBLE for South American
America bases its performance on the experience of several of its figures, including Juan Fernando Quintero, Rafael Carrascal, Daniel Bocanegra and Eder Álvarez Balanta. And the latter is precisely the reason for the concern.
This Wednesday, in the 0-1 victory against Eagles, he felt a strong pain in the left leg when the 30th minute passed. He dropped and could not even go out by his own media.
👹🚨 Alarms are turned on in América de Cali!
😱 Éder Álvarez Balanta was injured facing Rionegro Águilas golden. There is still no official communication of the degree of injury.#Ligin pic.twitter.com/MBOmihwpYJ
– Win Sports (@winsportStv) May 1, 2025
Da Silva did not hide his concern because whenever he was available, he started. In the last classic (2-0) it was one of the figures. Now, waiting for the medical opinion about this new absence, what worries is the international calendar, which demands players in full physical condition.
History continues to grow in figure
The issue with Balanta is that he has not had a fortune in América de Cali, which usually loses it in definitive moments.
Last August, during a training, he suffered a first -degree ankle sprain that marginalized him, although not as much as the subsequent knee injury that prevented him from being available for several games.
It was precisely an injury that prevented him from playing the Betplay Cup final that the Red lost against Atlético Nacional, because he had to retire in the first leg at the Atanasio Girardot.
Already in this 2025 he has a knee hyperextension problem that took him out of the courts for two weeks, a muscular overload when he returned in April and now this problem on the Águilas court. It is expected that it is not very complex because in the league there will already be total rotation and will not be surprised, but in South American it is indispensable.
