The fans describe the fact that a player who was a benchmark in their team as a “betrayal” decide to play in another club, with which you have a high rivalry. This phenomenon is daily bread among the big teams of the continent, in Europe and also in Colombia.
This has been evidenced on paisa soil this week, after learning that John Moreno He is wanted by Medellín, who wants to convince him to return to professional soccer, from which he retired wearing the Nacional shirt, in mid-2022. Inside the DIM They acknowledge that there were contacts, but now the decision is in the hands of the player. as he knew THE COLOMBIAN The issue has cooled down, perhaps because of the economy, but also because of the environment that has been generated by this possible signing.
Although years ago the fact of wearing the jersey of the two teams of the city was taken naturally, “with the appearance of the bars that fact began to be demonized”, this is how several of the players who have passed through both institutions feel.
Between the 80’s and 90’s Leonel Álvarez, René Higuita, Luis Carlos Perea and Luis Fernando “Chonto” Herrera, among others, they showed their conditions in both teams and this fact did not generate repercussions outside the field.
However, all kinds of messages are currently generated on social networks, many of them of high caliber, when talking about the possible move of a player from the green to the red team, or vice versa.
Freddy “Totono” Grisales, Neider Yesid Morantes and Daniel Bocanegra they have been the most controversial signings between these clubs in recent decades. The top two played first in National and later in the DIMwhile with Bocanegra the opposite happened.
“That at the time is difficult, but we owe it to the profession. If one makes the change, he does it with respect, regardless of whether it is made to the rival in the yard. People suddenly don’t understand that,” he said. Staying in dialogue with this medium.
He recalled that after his passage to the Powerful when the classics were disputed they insulted him a lot and even threw things at him, but on the street he has always received respectful treatment from the purslane fans.
“It seems that it was a crime to play for another team in the same city, but it is a phenomenon that is already experienced throughout the world. The fans must be clear that this is a sport, it is entertainment and they must take it in a better way”, added the man from Antioquia, currently manager de Turbo FC, who underlined that Gio He still has a lot of football to give and his possible return enriches Colombian football, as does the presence of Juan Fernando Quintero in Junior.
