After Deportivo Pereira’s 2-1 victory over Águilas Doradas, coach Leonel Álvarez denounced, during the press conference, that, at the end of the match, the Uruguayan defender Joaquín Varela, from the Antioquia team, attacked the technical assistant of the Matecañas, the teacher Rubén Darío Bedoya.
At the press conference, Leonel seemed quite upset by the attack and asked that the actions of the Uruguayan be investigated and punished, who, apparently, and based on what Álvarez said, slapped coach Bedoya three times at the end of the match. game.
“It makes me sad and I even put the name, Joaquín Varela, because man, how is he going to end a game and he goes and slaps my assistant three times. Here they give love, affection, to everyone, to foreigners, but if not that is not right, they are being given work, a salary so that the family can live well and they leave a game to attack a rival, “That should not be done, it cannot be allowed,” argued Leonel, who returned to the Pereira bench after serving a harsh sanction.
Leonel also maintained that he, “as a player, had to go around the world defending his teammates, from his position as midfielder six, for a foreign guy to come and put together everything he put together at the end of the game, no, it’s a lack of respect, respect.”
We searched for the position of the Uruguayan player, through the Águilas Doradas press office, but until now, we have not had any response on the subject.
It must be remembered that Varela arrived in Colombia to play with Independiente Medellín and although he was considered for several clubs, including Atlético Nacional, he was finally linked to Águilas Doradas for the 2024 season.
Pereira, who is the leader of the tournament, beat Águilas 2-1 with goals from Faber Gil in the 20th minute and Yeison Suárez in the 89th. Agustín Vuletich had scored for the visitor 14 minutes into the first half.
On the next date, Águilas receives Santa Fe at the Alberto Grisales, on Sunday; while Pereira visits Deportes Tolima, at the Manuel Murillo Toro, on Saturday.