The first reinforcement that arrives at Atlético Nacional for the second semester would be ready

The second BetPlay Dimayor League of 2022 will begin next weekend, so the teams prepare and hire to have a strong squad and fight for the year-end title in Colombian professional football.

One of them is the current champion Atlético Nacional, who, despite the fact that very recently he lifted the title that his star number 17 in his rich history gave him, is already thinking about defending the League title and starting to prepare the team that will play the Cup. Liberators next year.

However, the first reinforcement purslane He is not a player who gets to join the squad, but rather an old acquaintance of Colombian soccer who will be part of the coaching staff of Hernán Darío Herrera, who came to the green bench on an interim basis and surprised by taking the Olympic lap in the BetPlay League.

This is Pedro Sarmiento, former technical director of Deportivo Cali and Deportivo Independiente Medellín, but also a former player of Atlético Nacional. As reported by journalists from the capital of Antioquia, Sarmiento arrives at the direct request of Arriero Herrera and will be part of the coaching staff purslanewhere there are also the historic Francisco ‘Pacho’ Maturana and the former coach of the Colombian youth teams Piscis Restrepo.

“National returns to training, Arriero Herrera will be ratified as DT, Pedro Sarmiento could be part of the coaching staff along with Piscis Restrepo, Pacho Maturana and Carlos Tabares the physical trainer,” wrote Arley Cardona a few days ago, one of the sports journalists more important of Antioquia.

Later, it was Pedro Sarmiento himself who confirmed to Caracol Radio that he would become part of the Atlético Nacional coaching staff. According to his own words, he arrives with the aim of strengthening the team’s defense purslanewhich was the most criticized aspect of the team that managed to become champion in Ibagué and raise the star number 17.

However, Sarmiento said that he has not signed the contract and that he will have to agree first on what his main function will be in the green box: “I think I will do a job more dedicated to the defensive. Let’s see when he finishes signing and talk to the president “said the man from Antioquia.

It is the first time that Sarmiento reaches the coaching staff purslanewhere, although he was a club player, he is remembered by fans for having been the coach of Deportivo Independiente Medellín in 2004, when Nacional lost the Colombian league final against one of his eternal rivals.

It is expected that in the next few hours, Atlético Nacional will officially confirm the linking of Pedro Sarmiento. With this, he would become the first reinforcement of the current Colombian soccer champion, who will debut next Sunday, July 10, receiving Cortuluá at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellín.

From the champion squad of the purslanefor now only two players are known to leave, Felipe Aguilar and Baldomero Perlaza, who are two of the main soccer players of Nacional. However, the players who could be signed to replace these two positions have not yet been discussed, since the Antioquia team has perhaps the best payroll in the country and it is thought that the replacement of these players may be inside of the team.