The Controversy Surrounding the Actions of the ‘Ambassador’ Ball Boy in the Millonarios vs. Nacional Final

One of the images of the final between Millonarios and Nacional that has been most closely watched by the Colombian Professional Soccer (FPC) environment is that of the ‘Ambassador’ ball boy and his actions during the penalty shootout.

In a talk with the media ‘Addicted to the ball’, the midfielder Daniel Giraldo revealed what was presumed, that in the midst of this definition from twelve eleven steps he would have told one of the ball boys to hide the towel from the Atlético goalkeeper National Kevin Mier.

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“These are things that one learns over time, we did not know if Mier had information there, but we told the ball collector to be on the lookout. This title was from God and I thank him,” Giraldo explained to the aforementioned source.

Carlos Antonio Vélez criticized praise for the Millionaires ball collector

After learning about this action, controversy arose between those who claim that this is foul play and those who describe this gesture as a show of vivacity. In this sense, the sports journalist Carlos Antonio Vélez gave his opinion this Tuesday in the space ‘Palabras Mayores’ of the program ‘Planeta Fútbol’ on Antena 2.

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It is very sad that the description of a ‘hero’ is given to a ‘pelao’ who is sent to do the wrong thing, something improper.

Supposedly, for many people the ball picker who goes and takes Mier’s towel is a ‘hero’.

That’s like those who steal flags in the stands or rags they call. That is that, steal if there is violence or steal if there is no violence. For me it is a theft, something that belongs to someone else has been taken, which is neither the ball collector nor the person who sent it.

Some take it as ‘chacota’, others as football folklore. No, that’s theft and you can’t make a boy do that because he’s teaching him the wrong way.

Yes, that may seem very conservative… as now they do a lot of things that normal beings didn’t do and now they consider everything normal. Now putting marijuana in is normal, putting coke in is normal, I even think it’s a ‘sine qua non’ requirement to hold some public office.

What did stand out, on the other hand, was the work of Alejandro Correales, a tactical analyst, and César Castro, a video analyst, both belonging to the Millonarios technical group. Both did a great job to analyze the Nacional collectors in advance and this was evidenced in the series of penalties, since the bottle of water that Álvaro Montero had contained a label on which was the information of the ‘purslane’ kickers.

* Listen from minute 05:24

2023-06-27 19:37:49
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