The team recently promoted to Primera B will present its reinforcements and its new coaching staff, led by a former Colo Colo player.
Colo Colo lives his last day of vacation. This December 27, the Albos will return to work and, in the first instance, the rigorous medical check-ups will be carried out before starting some minor movements in the Monumental Stadium and, later, traveling to Argentina to begin the preseason.
The entire squad will meet in Cardales, Buenos Aires, where Gustavo Quinteros will be waiting for them, who after his trip to Qatar, He will join his native country to prepare for the coming season in 2023.
Colo Colo can have a new preseason game
Practice starts on January 2 in the albo bunker. In addition, the idea of the coaching staff is to hold friendly matches, where Boca Juniors and Independiente loomed as rivals, although the tight schedule would make that idea come to nothing. In addition, Racing also appeared as an option, although nothing is confirmed yet.
In this sense, and as was anticipated a couple of weeks ago in Dale Albo, the Cacique would have an option in Arica to go to play the Celestial Nightprecisely, before San Marcos de Arica, in which the holy team will present its squad for 2023 and to its new coaching staff led by Francisco Arrué, a former Colo Colo player.
In fact, the former midfielder referred to a possible confrontation against the club that trained him as a footballer. Thus, in dialogue with Deportes 13, he stated that “it will be special because it will be the presentation of the squad and of us as the coaching staff. It will always be special to play with Colo Colo, he is the Chilean soccer champion and the most popular in the country, but not at all out of this world”.
“I was trained in Colo Colo, I was there for more than ten years and I have an unconditional affection for the institution, but my position is different as a coach. It is not yet confirmed if we will face Colo Colo. If so, let’s hope that San Marcos de Arica shows a good version of what we want to show in Primera B. If Colo Colo is the rival, even better”, complemented the former player who went through the three big ones in Chile.
Now, all that remains is to wait for the ratification of said commitment and the date on which it will be held. It should be remembered that the Cacique must face Magallanes on January 15 for the Super Cup and the weekend of January 22 begins the National Championship. Besides, A benefit match against Everton de Viña del Mar has been agreed, so the Popular calendar is quite limited.
