The BetPlay 2022-I League and Colombia have an incredible future in two stellar players who are already starting to give something to talk about. In Atlético Nacional, the champion team of the Colombian tournament, the dispute in the goal in the first games was between Aldair Quintana and Kevin Mier. However, Quintana, who had several calls in the Colombian national team and in qualifying matches, began to lose prominence with the 22-year-old goalkeeper.
Kevin Mier was one of the great and iconic figures in obtaining the title for Atlético Nacional. Against Millonarios and Junior de Barranquilla he was a figure in the final home runs, and against Deportes Tolima in the two finals, he also had a lot to do with it. He stopped a moving penalty from Anderson Plata in the first leg, and, in addition, he stopped the maximum penalty executed by Daniel Cataño and the rebound also saved him again, a play that culminated in the red card for the man from Antioquia.
At 22 years old, Kevin Mier is present and future in Colombian Professional Soccer, and can be an important card for the national team that is preparing for a generational change. Now, Mier is even more the goalkeeper chosen by Hernán Darío the ‘Arriero’ Herrera. He was one of the pillars for obtaining the seventeenth star and was a character that when he started at Atlético Nacional did not have the hype with which he has finished the season.
On the other hand, the name of Daniel Ruiz appears with more youth than Kevin Mier, but with more than impressive talent and quality. The overflow of him and his individual game, in addition to his collective game with the best partner like David Mackalister Silva have driven him to gain the interest of Spanish football at 20 years old with the desire of Real Zaragoza to have the former Fortaleza .
Although in the final phase it was difficult for him to lead Millonarios, Daniel Ruiz was a revelation in the tournament, and he is also the present and future of Colombian Professional Soccer and the Colombian National Team. Like the warm ones, in the home runs they hit him more than necessary, an aspect that affected his leadership and performance on the field, also reducing that scoring power that he had shown throughout the all against all.
However, Daniel Ruiz added four games in June, and although he did not score or assist, he was a regular card for Alberto Gamero and with his overflows, and daring in the band stood out in Millonarios. As if that were not enough, Kevin Mier and Ruiz were in the eye of Latin America that recognizes them by including them in the ideal team of the last month according to SofaScore. In fact, they are the only ones in Colombian Professional Soccer that are included in the U-23 category.
With a score of 7.24 and 7.28, Kevin Mier and Daniel Ruiz respectively are installed in the ideal South American lineup in which four Argentines appear dominating the statistics, three Peruvians and two Brazilians, in addition to the two Colombians.
In turn, the statistics portal also counted Newell’s Old Boys central defender Willer Ditta in the June line-up, but this time overall. While Daniel Ruiz and Kevin Mier were recognized in the U-23 category, the former Junior from Barranquilla has won over all the leprous fans with his performances, and recently with a goal.
