:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/ALD5MMWARJDM3GWSRFGHNRPVOM.jpg "Atlético Nacional coach showed his face after being beaten by América: “I’m ashamed”")
Jhon Bodmer, Nacional coach, spoke about the defeat they suffered against América de Cali in the BetPlay I-2024 League – credit Colprensa
For date number 2 of the BetPlay I-2024 League, América de Cali received Atlético Nacional at the Pascual Guerrero stadium and with a resounding 4-1, the Scarlets left the Antioqueños humiliated and created a new “hell” in the Purslanes .
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The Red Devils received the Paisas at their home with the aim of getting rid of the negative energies that they had accumulated in recent weeks after their “novel” with Arturo Vidal and Ricardo Gareca. With an excellent offensive game they achieved their goal and caused an unexpected stir in Nacional, which urgently needed to control the damage.
The first person to step forward to start putting out the fire was the coach of the purslane team, John Jairo Bodmer. In the post-match press conference, the Bogota native bowed his head and agreed with the fans, who showed his annoyance with the team once the ninety minutes of play were over.
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Bodmer stated that the fans have the right to complain to the team for the win, but he also made it clear that this result cannot harm the plans they have for the semester. According to the strategist, all that remains is to shake off what happened and continue:
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“By losing I will never be satisfied and people have the right to complain and collect, it is normal, but I cannot lose my mind. There are still many dates left, on Thursday we already have an important match and we have to rebuild.”
América de Cali beat Atlético Nacional 4-1 on the second date of the BetPlay I-2024 League – credit Colprensa
Later, he explained that he cannot give an immediate answer to the fans of the green mountain team about what happened on the field. He stated that he has to study what happened to correct the errors, but he stood up to the humiliation inflicted by the scarlet:
“As a coach and head of the group, I am ashamed and embarrassed with the fans because I am responsible. What happened? I don’t want to rush into giving details, but what I can evaluate, I can’t come away disconcerted and upset, but rather I have to review it with my staff… This is a group and we all have to accept it and put our face forward.”
Benjamín Romero is one of the directors of Atlético Nacional whose fans demand his departure – IG credit/Benjamín Romero
Once the commitment was over, social networks served as the perfect platform for fans to demonstrate their discontent with what Bodmer has been proposing since he took charge of the team last year.
Despite having won the 2023 Copa Colombia title against Millonarios, the Bogota helmsman’s game idea has not been to the liking of the fans and the most recent defeat against América once again confirmed the position of the club’s followers:
“How badly Nacional is doing, what a lack of tactical concepts compared to what should be a compact team, that sets conditions, because it has a payroll. It is still very clear that from the middle forward it is very flat, nothing surprising, nothing out of the ordinary, nothing new. There is a lack of creativity, spark, risk of doing the unexpected. How awful”. -@vhpiedra
“A rotten management, a stupid, clumsy, anti-football coach, and some very well-paid, but bad and heartless players. “They put an end to all these sons and daughters.” -@eyeglasses
“There are technical results, but today’s result is not only a technical result, but Palillo, Benjamín Romero and Navarro. “This today from Nacional is the breaking latest news of a death foretold!” -@hugouribev
Since last year, the fans of the Antioquia team have been having ups and downs in their relationship with the team, especially with the coaching staff and management, to the point where for several weeks the fans have gone on strike without going to the stadium.