The attacker referred to the arrival of experienced players from abroad and told of plans with America.
Cali America, Liga 2023-I.
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Writing Footballred
February 17, 2023, 09:09 p.m. m.
In the program That’s how we talk about footballfrom Directv Sports, Carlos Darwin talked about everything: his plans with America, the arrival of experienced players to the FPC, the replacement that the Colombian National Team needs and the current situation of Jackson Martínez.
Experienced that reinforce the League: “Age is in the card. When the matter of returning to the Colombian league occurred, I said: this is my moment and I am able to go and do what I know how to do best. All of us who come to Colombian soccer want that, maybe things don’t happen.”
“If the other players who come to the league with a lot of experience were doing things right, they wouldn’t be receiving criticism. It’s difficult when you arrive from another country and you come back to receive criticism. Juanfer (Quintero), (Hugo) Rodallega and Cristian Zapata, that are of high quality, I know they will do well.
Expectations with América de Cali: “This America is ready to go game by game. We haven’t achieved anything and we can’t claim victory. This team wants to grow and wants to do things well, first to be in the eight so as to talk about the championship. We have a good team and good individualities” .
Without retirement plan: “I feel good and physically full to continue competing. I don’t know how many years it can last, it could be two or three. Today I feel strong and eager (…) I’m just beginning two years of my contract with América and I don’t know what will happen if an offer comes out. I do not close the door to anything but I am enjoying what I experience in America, when the contract is over I will make a decision”.
Criticism of Colombian soccer: “Our football is in touch-touch mode and it is already obsolete. When we go to compete internationally, the teams beat us in dynamics, they are fast and play in transitions. The passing game used to favor us and the National Team at that time put us in for that reason But if we don’t evolve in that sense, we’re going to continue to suffer playing Libertadores and Sudamericana.”
His opinion of Jackson Martinez: “I know him well and I know the kind of person he is. If he is determined to return, it is because he has prepared himself, if they don’t give him the opportunity, how will he know if he can do it? The team that adds Jackson is going to add a excellent professional, he is 10/10. I would be very happy if he can play in a team and show the world that he has the ability to do well.”
Process of Néstor Lorenzo in Colombia Selection: “You don’t have to stop calling the experienced ones because you need people to take the youngsters by the hand, but there must already be a change in all the lines. In the United States they did a renewal thinking of 2026. Players aged 19 and 20 years, with one of the lowest age averages in Qatar and they are going to arrive at the World Cup with more filming, something that Colombia has not done”.
“Guides are needed for moments of pressure. Players who do not have a career cannot take on the pressure of an important game in the Qualifiers, go to Brazil or Argentina. Players are needed who are there and talk to you, I who lived with them know that they can approach young people and lower their anxiety”.
Players for the replacement in the Colombian National Team: “I saw players with a lot of quality that you have to take little by little in the microcycles. (Gustavo) Puerta, (Juan) Castilla, (Edier) Ocampo and (Kevin) Mantilla, I don’t want to say that they all have to go, but there are some that they can take with them so that they have that experience”.
