The defeat of National against Tolima, for the BetPlay Cup, has given for all kinds of comments. Memes, sports analysis, psychological analysis and more have come out of a new lost game of green against a rival which has run over him several times over the past couple of years.
The mayor of Medellin, Daniel Quintero Calle, was no stranger to this situation and also made a suspicious comment on one of his usual Facebook live, in which he talks about the decisions he makes in the city.
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When the last one was about to end, the local representative He answered other questions that were not related to the health situation of the ‘capital of the mountain’, but which he found curious.
One of those questions was related to the BetPlay Cup match and he brought it up: “Some said that if he was going to lock up Medellín until Nacional wins a match against Tolima “, the answer, while smiling, was “I leave that to Nacional “.
This is the video of the moment in which he talked about this painful game that riled up Jefferson Duque at the press conference:
— Out Of Context National Athletic (@OutOfContextAt1) January 23, 2021
And this is the complete ‘Facebook Live’ in which you can find Quintero’s statements from minute 24:
What team is the mayor of Medellín a fan of?
On several occasions, Daniel Quintero Calle has stated that Atlético Nacional is the team of his heart, although he does not rant about Independiente Medellín, his backyard rival.
Even in times when you could go to the stadium, the president was present in the stands as just another fan, but without a shirt. This is demonstrated by this image that he himself shared:
I like football, a space in which we can compete and confront each other without resorting to violence.
And I like it more when Nacional is the one who wins. #VamosVerdolaga #ClasicoPaisa pic.twitter.com/njPK2vLWfC– Daniel Quintero Calle (@QuinteroCalle) August 26, 2019
He even shared images on some occasion in the stands of the Atanasio Girardot stadium in which one of the most controversial leaders of Los Del Sur was seen, the ‘bar brava’ of Nacional.
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