Teófilo Gutiérrez signed, took photos and placed himself under the orders of coach Alberto Suárez at Real Cartagena. But from there to the debut there is a long way.
This is what the DT recognized: “We have to be responsible, the entire media part has already passed, let’s get to reality. Reality says that he is absolutely untrained, he is somewhat overweight, which is not much, but he is overweight. And being responsible with him, especially with him, we have to adapt him so that he doesn’t get hurt,” Suárez expressed in the program Deporte sin tabujos.
So his debut, as he calculated, would be against Boca Juniors de Cali, on Sunday, March 3, at 3:30 pm “Physically, of course he has to adapt, it will take 10 days to be in full condition. He is not as maladjusted as one might think, but you do have to be responsible with him because here they already want him to play, but you have to adapt him so as not to hurt him,” he added.
“The pressure has been there since before he arrived, now, I believe that he is able to help us reduce the pressure, I believe that he is able to reduce the difficulties, because he is a man who, from a football perspective, has many things to contribute to us, so “We have all seen it more as an opportunity than anything else. Let’s hope that it turns out that way, that he enjoys it a lot, that he gets in tune physically and quickly so that his contribution is what we all need,” said Suárez, who confessed that when they mentioned the possibility of directing Teo he thought that “it was a joke.”
“The group receives him with all the expectations of knowing that he is a man who can contribute on or off the field and, above all, the experience and football condition that he has will allow us to add him to a team that already plays well, to I like him to play well, he needs to create scoring opportunities, but he will achieve it,” he concluded.