Atlético Nacional went back to work at the sports headquarters in Guarne with four new faces.
National Athletics The 2023 season started with the return to work ahead of the game on Tuesday, January 3 at the sports headquarters in Guarne.
While waiting for a fifth and final reinforcement, who will be a winger to strengthen the attack, the squad available to Paulo Autuori gathered in eastern Antioquia to carry out the first medical tests and physical evaluations.
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The ‘King of Cups’ will play several friendlies before the start of the competition on January 25, one of which will be against Alianza Lima on January 14 at the Atanasio Girardot, where he will give the official presentation of the men’s and women’s squad.
In target We take a look at Verdolaga’s pre-season ahead of his debut in the Colombian league in the first half of this 2023.
SQUAD, REINFORCEMENT AND INJURYED
32 players were present at the High Performance Center to place themselves under the command of the technical and medical staff led by the newly confirmed reinforcements: Francisco Da Costa, Juan Felipe Aguirre, Cristian Zapata and Sergio Mosquera.
As for the departures, Daniel Mantilla, Alexander Mejía, Andrés Andrade, Emanuel Olivera, Sebastián Guerra and Yeison Guzmán said goodbye, while more departures such as Aldair Quintana and Geisson Perea could be confirmed in the coming days.
Football players such as Yéiler Góez, Juan Pablo Ramírez, Cristian Blanco and Brayan Rovira are also waiting for their situation to be resolved.
As for the injured, only Sebastián Gómez and Álvaro Angulo are in the medical ward. The midfielder has been recovering from his ailments in recent weeks and hopes to play a full part of the pre-season, while the left-back still has several months to go before returning to the competition. For his part, Jhon Duque was integrated into the team this Thursday and should be ready to carry out the work normally.
The rest of the squad is the same that was part of the BetPlay League in the second half of 2022.
FRIENDLY MATCHES
At the moment, only one friendly match between Atlético Nacional is known, against Alianza Lima of Peru next Saturday, January 14 from 4:30 p.m. at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium as part of La Noche Verdolaga.
Unfortunately for his fans, no TV or internet broadcast of this commitment has been confirmed.
More friendlies are expected to be confirmed in the coming days.
WHERE WILL THE PRE-SEASON DO?
For the second consecutive year, Atlético Nacional will conduct the entire pre-season on the territory of Antioquia.
The tight calendar with the start of the local rental in a few days makes it impossible for Postelein to participate in competitions abroad, despite the fact that he was initially invited to Alianza Lima’s Blue and White Night.
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So Nacional still has four weeks of heavy preparation before the ball rolls on Wednesday, January 25 with an opponent to be determined in the League draw.
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