Edwin Cardona is the designated soccer player in Argentina. His gesture with Boca Juniors, not playing the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores against Mineiro, has been criticized by the press, xeneizes fans and even by followers of other teams.
Everyone understands that the midfielder played the Copa América with the Colombian National Team and that he had the legal right to rest, he had permission to take a vacation and that he did not do anything illegal that violated the discipline and internal rules of the Argentine club.
However, in Argentina the moral part was marked, the gratitude of Cardona, who in his first cycle was protected after a scandal with women; Then they looked for him in Tijuana, when he was not playing, and they had in mind to buy him at the end of the year, because in December 2021 the loan ends.
Even Juan Román Riquelme, Boca’s top idol and current manager of the club’s Football Council, defended him time and time again, highlighted his quality and was even going to give him the ’10’ shirt. Given the recent events, they decided to leave him the ‘8’ and not give the mythical number to any player.
However, Cardona went from being the club’s darling to having to face a complicated semester, with media pressure, showing his love for the team in each game, and even risking not playing this semester.
The first rain of criticism occurred when he returned to Argentina, after a holiday with a party in between, and Boca was eliminated by penalties from the Libertadores. They were asked to terminate their contract, but there are no grounds for doing so.
Cardona has already played, he did so in the absence of available footballers and completed a group of youth. Before the game, they asked the media not to put it on; They even left in the air that if he played it was out of necessity, not out of conviction and they have forgiven him.
This Wednesday, Edwin Cardona trained for the first time with the main squad and under the orders of Miguel Russo, as they came out of mandatory isolation after the elimination of Copa, and the problems in Brazil.
According to the press, Edwin spoke with Russo and tried to explain his arguments. He also reached out to his peers to try to earn his acquittal. Although the truth, there are no details of the meeting prior to practice.
According to information in Argentina, the leadership will not make value judgments with one of its active players. However, it would have made the decision not to make use of the purchase option by Cardona and will allow it to fulfill its contract until December.
Will it play? He may have games during the semester, but he is not a permanent starter – he never has been – in Russo’s team and will have to earn a spot. Although Boca will bet on its homegrown players, who exploded in the last two matches of the Argentine Professional League.
A semester of challenges is coming, Edwin!
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