This Wednesday the season came to an end for millionaires. In the first half of the year, the ambassador team was left empty-handed again and the long-awaited title continues to elude the coach Alberto Gamero.
Below we bring you the balance of the eleventh capital throughout these months:
The good
– Clear game style: If there is something that blue was never questioned, it was his offensive proposal. He was always characterized by proposing being a local or a visitor and seeking to give rhythm to each meeting.
– Brilliant free-for-all performance: Of the 20 games played, they won 13 and barely lost 4. Likewise, their defensive solidity was highlighted, which was evidenced by the 11 goals received and the undefeated fences.
– Effective playing time: the controversy that arose after the tie with Junior made it clear that Gamero and company are dedicated to playing. They were the third team with the highest average home runs until the penultimate date.
– Regularity throughout the contest: Although it suffered a notorious collapse in its last outings, the team from the capital closed this first semester with 48 points. It is on track to stay, at least, with international quota next year.
– Very good offensive production: double edged sword On the plus side, Millos generated loads of plays from Mackalister and Ruiz. For example, in home runs he hit 79 times and 27 of them were on goal, on average 4-5 clear scoring actions per game.
The bad
– Deficit facing the arc: the double-edged sword mentioned above. Of those 27 shots destined for goals in finals, only four were converted. Even in all against all, 23 goals were achieved, an average of just one per duel.
– Terrible balance of the forwards: Herazo scored only six goals in the league, Jader barely scored three and both Márquez and Abadía went blank. That is to say, of the total goals (27), those in charge of making them reached nine, a third part.
– The defensive solidity was lost: With the definitive absences of Vega in the middle and Vargas in the central defense, the blue was felt. In finals, the team had an average goal conceded per game, very far from the 0.5 shown in the regular phase. Individual errors weighed too much.
– Inability to maintain results away from home: In Barranquilla he tied in the last minutes and in a few seconds he let himself be traced; In Medellín he was ahead of the scoreboard 15 minutes from the end and in four minutes they equalized: in Bucaramanga he equalized everything after a weak start and in ten minutes they turned it around. With the points against Nacional and Junior I would have been a finalist…
– Terrible balance in El Campín: He went from having an effectiveness of 83.3% at home during the regular phase, to having 55% in the finals. In terms of goalscoring, he had an average of 1.1 goals per duel, he finished the home runs with 0.33.
– He says goodbye to two tournaments: in just six months, the blue said goodbye to 50% of its tournaments of the year. In Copa Libertadores he said goodbye in the preliminary phase and in the first semester he said goodbye with an advance date in home runs.
– All responsibility to young people: the quarry has left pleasant talents, but it cannot be the only argument of a great team. This semester only Gómez and Rosales were consolidated. Victoria, Moreno Paz and Cortés are just beginning and they were sent to war as the only solution; while Quiñones, Rengifo, Abadía, Guerra, García and ‘Juanito’ are still in debt.
the ugly
– Painful season planning on the part of managers: Although from the beginning the international tournament dispute against a great from Brazil and the obligation of the league title were known, the ambassador board remained in its line of signings at low/no cost. Except for Montero and Larry, the Herazos, Cuenú, Sosa and Celis failed to stand out. It took a scorer, an armed midfielder, a brand midfielder and a left back. It mattered little and he went to war with what he had. This is how it is complicated for the DT on duty. Vega’s injury and Vargas’s departure revealed a group that finished the finals struck down by the lack of variants.
– Behavior of the fans in finals: the fans responded badly to the various provocations and the notorious frustration at not achieving the desired result. Objects from the stands, blows to the boxes. Everything led to a two-date sanction that could be detrimental in the last duel against Nacional.
