Boom! Pra! Whoosh! Catapum! Crash! ‘La Bolillera’ began. Hernán Darío Gómez does not bite his tongue, he does not remain silent. Junior’s coach defended himself and went at the ready against Carlos Antonio Vélez, who harshly criticized him in his program and described him as “outdated”, “stale” and “retrograde”.
“I respect all the coaches. Good for those who study, I applaud that. What I don’t agree with is that they say that we are out of date, that ‘Bolillo’ and Pedro Sarmiento (Once Caldas coaches) are out of date, that we should retire from football. Nobody lives with us, nobody knows what we study, nobody knows what we know, what we talk about. They say it as if to get you out. We are not outdated!” Gómez replied, in dialogue with the Blu Radio program Blog Deportivo.
Although he did not directly mention the Manizalita journalist, it was clear that ‘el Bolillo’ was referring to him and alluded to the strong questions he had thrown at him on Thursday morning in recent days.
The rojiblanco helmsman was interviewed in the early hours of the day on the program ‘Planeta fútbol’, on the Atena 2 station, which is directed by Vélez. However, the renowned commentator did not participate in the dialogue.
“I did not want to participate in the interview with ‘el Bolillo’ Gómez, I do not want to offend him, but I cannot accept that he belittles those who have studied and prepared for the challenges of modernity. To say that there is no modern football and that it is only a way of speaking and terminology is not only pejorative and unfair, but also demonstrates serious knowledge limitations. Not accepting reality is for retrograde and stagnant minds. There are new training methodologies. There are several game theories and different ways of playing, ”Vélez criticized.
“If someone does not want to modernize and update or does not want or is interested, it is not the fault of those of us who are interested in the changes. That is your problem, but in any case you must respect the thoughts, beliefs and criteria of others. Now I cannot accompany him, it seems to me that he has remained in time, not accepting that there is a real change in the subject of football, “added the controversial football commentator.
That is why Gómez ‘took out the bolillo’ and defended himself. “There are characters who say that I am going against those who are studying and that I am belittling them. Here I have them by my side, I am surrounded by several scholars in my work team, and among all of us we are seeing how we can move Junior forward,” said the Antioquia coach, who proceeded to present each of his assistants and the trajectory they have on him. .
“They say that in today’s football the teams have to go out playing. People forget who René Higuita was and that he was El Nacional (which ‘Bolillo’ directed on property and as an assistant to Francisco Maturana). There are things that they want to put into one as if they were only done now. The intensity? We have seen the intensity since the days of Arrigo Sacchi at Milan. Now they also say that everyone has to run, that everyone must attack and everyone must defend. I have been saying that for many years,” said Hernán Darío Gómez.
The strategist, also answering Vélez’s questions, expressed that it is not an easy matter to improve a team overnight. “Junior comes with problems from more than a year ago as I am going to change it in just 10 days.”
However, he clarified that he feels very comfortable in Barranquilla: “I am very happy, it is a large institution, spectacular directors, who have great memories of ‘Pacho’ (Francisco Maturana) and me. We feel the support and the good energy”.
MESSAGE TO JUAN JOSÉ PELÁEZ
One of the ‘bolillazos’ also went to his colleague and countryman Juan José Peláez, who is now a commentator for Win Sports. In one of the channel’s programs and in some games he comments with Carlos Antonio Vélez.
“The only thing I ask of you is that you don’t lose your personality, that’s the only thing I ask of you,” said ‘Bolillo’ when the Peláez impersonator on the program spoke to him as a joke.
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