Around 10 in the morning and under a hot sun in Guarne, eastern Antioquia. Atlético Nacional held its penultimate training session, prior to the second leg of the I-2022 League Grand Final against Deportes Tolima.
After the usual exercises in the High Performance Center, the squad moved to the auxiliary field of its sports venue to continue with the work on the field. Baldomero Perlaza is separated from the campus and works in the CAR, while he ends his contract. Nelson Palacio would be the only player that Hernán Darío Herrera will not be able to count on for this match due to the suspension of two dates suffered in the match against Junior at the Atanasio.
Good atmosphere on campus, who did a light job, a lot of touch, reduced space, driving and definition. The intense part in the physical was done at another time. What remains is to recover and be in the best shape to face a series in which Nacional leads by two goals.
Another absentee from practice was Tomás Ángel, who was playing with the under 19 team on another of the courts in the sports complex. Juan Pablo’s son faced Jaguares de Córdoba, he scored one of the goals. Another who scored was Juan Pablo Torres ‘Tatay’, somewhat similar to that of Yerson Candelo against Deportes Tolima, from long distance and dislocating the goalkeeper.
Nacional will hold its last practice this Saturday, June 25, in the morning hours. Around noon, it will travel to the José María Córdova airport in Rionegro, where it will be awaited by the fans to see them off so they can take the charter flight to Ibagué. The team will attend the media at the official press conference at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday after the game, the team will return to Medellin around midnight via charter and depending on the result, the team will go to the flag park of the Atanasio Girardot Sports Unit, if they are champions.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellín
En Twitter: @juanchoserran8
