Atlético Nacional is not having its best start to the league and tempers are exacerbated among the fans. The defeat they suffered 4-1 against América de Cali for the second round of the BetPlay I-2024 League caused the administration to rethink the continuity of the coach, but for the club’s idols the problem cannot be solved from the bench.
Macnelly Torres, one of the great champions under the purslane jacket, spoke about the club’s current affairs and left a panorama that was not to the liking of the institution of his loves.
In conversation with Caracol Radio, the ‘Mago’ specified that Nacional’s “crisis” is so critical and the ship is so adrift that this institution is not able to compete with the big teams, neither from Colombia, nor from the continent.
In his statements, Torres affirmed that the transfer plan and the management of Nacional’s sports project have been so neglected that they have no way to compete with teams like Millonarios or América de Cali, much less talk about being able to qualify for good results in the upcoming Copa Libertadores 2024:
“It was demonstrated that Nacional is not there to fight the tournament against the big teams. Someone remind me when was the last time, in the last year or two, that Nacional beat one of the greats, because I think I even forgot, that gives a lot to say about a great team like Atlético Nacional, “He doesn’t have the payroll to fight the big guys and I imagine it’s going to be much worse in international tournaments.”
Later, providing details in his vision of the problem, the former Libertadores champion stated that this cannot be solved through the typical alternative of removing a technician and trying to hire a better one. For the former soccer player, the problem is so deep that the solution is to modify the positions in the administration:
“How does it change that they remove the technician and bring in another one with more experience, with more poster, whatever they want to call him, in the same way, the mismanagement comes from the management side. Today we must recognize that Nacional did not make any big hires, it continues to aspire to the same thing, it is a team without direction, that does not really know what it is going to bet on.”
For the moment, John Bodmer will continue to be in charge of the professional team and will have his last bullets in the next league games to show that he can reverse the situation and improve the team’s present.
The purslane’s next presentation against Once Caldas for the third date of the opening tournament on Thursday, February 1 will be crucial to determine the continuity of the Bogota strategist. A negative result could put an end to his path with the Antioqueños, where he managed to become champion of the 2023 BetPlay Cup.
Why Macnelly is an idol of Atlético Nacional
Macnelly Torres played with Nacional in different cycles during his career. He had his first chapter with them in 2011, then returned for 2012 and 2015 where he was there until 2018. During these stages, the midfielder won a total of 10 official titles with the club.
The one born in Barranquilla raised four Colombian leagues, two Colombia Cups, two Super Leagues, one Copa Libertadores and one South American Cup Winners’ Cup with the purslane. In terms of individual statistics, Torres played a total of 227 games with the Paisas, registering a total of 34 goals and 52 assists, this being the team where he had the best point of his career, even being considered for the Colombian team. With Infobae
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