The idol of Colo Colo analyzed the defeat of the Albos and sided with Gustavo Quinteros in terms of reinforcements.
Colo Colo fell unappealably against O’Higgins de Rancagua for the second date of the 2023 National Championship. Los Albos could not counteract the efficiency shown by the local team and regretted a historic win against the Capo de Provincia.
But the purely football is not the only concern of Gustavo Quinteros. The pass market still cannot be closed for the Cacique and time begins to press. The departure of Juan Martín Lucero and the injury of Emiliano Amor changed some plans and the need for a right-back to replace Óscar Opazo has been somewhat relegated.
Marcelo Barticciotto squares off with Gustavo Quinteros
Despite the urgency, DT’s request for reinforcements came from the end of the 2022 National Championship. The coach’s idea was to strengthen the team to compete in good shape in the Copa Libertadores and add variants to his squad. However, the games and injuries played a trick on him, which is why he hastens the hiring of players.
In this sense, one who found support in the strategist’s statements was Marcelo Barticciotto. In the role of his commentator on Al Aire Libre en Cooperativa, Barti was clear in pointing out that “It is not that Quinteros thinks of reinforcing the team for losing. He said that we have to reinforce last year, when he had all the players, not when Suazo, Opazo and Lucero left.. It was to give the team one more step in the hierarchy, of superiority over rivals, especially internationally where it did not give the width”.
It is that, according to the idol of the Cacique, this Colo Colo “is another team, it is difficult to find a good functioning with eight new players. And he doesn’t have time, because the championship has already started.”
The situation of the young
Jeyson Rojas was one of those who had the hardest time in his field sector. Overtaken on more than one occasion, the youth squad player was replaced by Bruno Gutiérrez, who could not be a major obstacle for the sky-blue forwards either.
In this regard and, finally, the Champion of America in 1991 stated that “Quinteros says that the level of the youngsters must be improved in case the right-back does not arrive, since they must resort to these two youngsters to try to be up to the task. They should be required, many ask them to play and when clubs like these are sent, they want to get them out. If they don’t bring a right back, they’ll have to fix it.”
