The journalist attacked the Junior de Barranquilla player. @fcfseleccioncol/Instagram
A whole controversy has been generated around the call for Néstor Lorenzo, which included Juan Fernando Quintero, the midfielder of Junior from Barranquilla, who did not play for the BetPlay Dimayor League against Independiente Santa Fe due to muscle discomfort, however, the 30-year-old footballer years he joined the concentration of the Colombian team.
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Prior to the duel against South Korea in Ulsan, it was learned that Juanfer Quintero would be absent against the Asian Tigers due to an injury, which generated a hundred criticisms of both the player and the coaching staff of the Colombian team due to the presence of the former River Plate even though it was not in optimal condition.
According to the declarations of the coffee strategist Quintero, he arrived without news regarding his physical condition: “Juanfer received a blow to the calf, to the tibia, which caused him a lot of pain. The medical staff of the National Team spoke with Junior’s medical staff, they did a study on him and it came out that he had no injury, that’s why he traveled and is here. He’s still in pain, so we’ll see how he evolves. He is working on it ”.
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The issue did not stop there, since the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) reported that the player will not take part in the second friendly match against Japan either:
“The Technical Staff and the Medical Department of the Colombia Men’s Senior Team, headed by the technical director, Néstor Lorenzo, announces that the player Juan Fernando Quintero has been dismissed from the national team for the friendly tour in Asia after having carried out studies doctors.
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From the Colombian Football Federation and the Colombian National Team, we wish Quintero a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on the pitch soon.”
One of the staunchest critics of the Colombian national team in recent years is the journalist Carlos Antonio Vélez, who does not miss the opportunity to give his opinion in the face of this type of situation, as he did during the broadcast of the Win Sports program Palabras Mayores.
“Néstor Lorenzo sets up the matches badly, chooses the players badly. It is that that is the problem when you have commitments with businessmen: that you have to take and put the player of the businessman who manages him, by Lucas Jaramillo; or (players) of the other friends, and of the friends, of the friends”.
And he added: “The great truth of this whole story is that you are not choosing well for commitments with businessmen, even if they are going to say no… Yes it is true.”
Previously, in the Antena 2 program Palabras Mayores, Vélez also questioned Lorenzo for Juan Fernando Quintero, assuring that Nalgón’s call took away his opportunity or another player in better conditions. “Two days ago I wrote the following: Juanfer Quintero traveled with the Colombia team, he did not play on Saturday due to an injury, several questions, was he relieved to travel?… There are many responsible here. Today he did not train and it has already been announced that tomorrow he will not play… injured player stays at home and even more so in a friendly ”.
Immediately afterwards, the commentator brought up José Néstor Pekerman:
“Are we going to enter Lorenzo in the same practices as your friend Pekerman to bring injured players for preference? Don’t tell me that you wanted Quintero to go around there, he already knows all those Asian countries, the team is not a travel agency or a recuperative hotel”.
After the two-goal draw against South Korea, the Colombian team will face Japan on Tuesday, March 28 from 5:20 am Colombian time at the Yodoko Sakura Stadium with the transmission of Gol Caracol.