New coaches, new figures, returning players, controversial decisions by América and alarm in the relegation table. This is how the League started. These are the 10 most important events of the championship.
1. The new technicians in the League
Leonel Alvarez and Deportivo Pereira.
The League will have several coaching changes: Hernán Darío ‘Bolillo’ Gómez arrived at Águilas; the Venezuelan Rafael Dudamel arrived in Bucaramanga; Leonel Álvarez returns to the ring and directs Deportivo Pereira; Jersson González takes over in Pasto; Harold Rivera arrived at the promoted Patriotas; Miguel Caneo took the reins of Chicó; Hubert Bodhert is the coach of Jaguares, while Álex Escobar provisionally takes over in America.
2. Headquarters changes
Santa Fe vs. Oil Alliance.
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Mauricio Moreno / EL TIEMPO
Alianza Petrolera gave one of the news prior to the start of the championship by announcing that he is leaving Barrancabermeja, the city that welcomed him since his birth. Alianza, awaiting approval from the Dimayor assembly, will go to Valledupar. The team will now be called Alianza Fútbol Club and has a new shield. In B, the name changed from Cortuluá to Internacional FC, they will play in Palmira, and Tigres would go to Sincelejo.
3. The Junior champion got ready
He hopes to wear the new uniform in the coming days.
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Image taken from social networks.
Junior de Barranquilla, the current champion, was one of the teams that was best reinforced for this season, by hiring important reinforcements such as Yimmi Chará, who arrives from the Portland Timbers of the MLS, and Víctor Cantillo, who was in Corinthians of Brazil. In addition, the coastal team signed the attacker and scorer Marco Pérez, who was in Águilas, and the center back Rafa Pérez, who was in Argentina. In addition, he renewed the champion roster.
4. The novels of Cali America
Arturo Vidal and Tulio Gómez.
The start of the year has been traumatic for América, which with its new president, Marcela Gómez, announced news that did not materialize. The first ‘bomb’ was his intention to sign Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal, in a deal that amounted to 2 million dollars. The club made all the efforts, but finally could not convince him, so he was ruled out. At the same time, the untimely departure of coach Lucas González occurred and the start of negotiations with coach Ricardo Gareca was announced, who would also be ruled out.
5. A calendar without margin of error
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Once again the League will be marked by its tight calendar each year, with many games and little time to rest. The first semester championship, which will be played with 19 dates in the round-robin phase and a home run system, has no margin for error, although the extra day of classics was eliminated. In addition, several teams will have to face the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. There will be no room to postpone matches, so if these eventualities occur it will be a problem for Dimayor.
6. The new ‘nines’
The League of the first semester will have several foreign attackers who raise great expectations. The Argentine Santiago Giordana arrived at Millonarios, who was a scorer in Peruvian soccer. The Uruguayan Agustín Rodríguez arrived in Santa Fe, who has just played with Unión La Calera from Chile. Rodrigo Holgado, an Argentine who was in Coquimbo Unidos in Chile, was signed by América de Cali. Deportivo Cali, for its part, hired the Argentine attacker Lautaro Villegas who arrives from Talleres de Remedios in Argentina.
7. This is how the descent begins
To prepare the BetPlay 2024 League Relegation Table, the average relegation will be taken into account. This average will be calculated by dividing the total points obtained by the total number of matches played. The average is taken according to the score of the last three years. Patriotas and Fortaleza start at zero. Teams like Jaguares and Cali start with the worst average, so they cannot be neglected
8. Bogotá, with 4 teams
Hugo Rodallega scores in a friendly in Santa Fe.
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Independent Santa Fe
The capital of the country is the city that will have the most teams by 2024: Santa Fe, Millonario, La Equidad and now Fortaleza, the recently promoted team, is joining them. This implies that the city will have a fairly hectic calendar with overloads of matches. The El Campín and Techo stadiums will be the venues that host the commitments of the Bogotá teams. Santa Fe has the great challenge of rebuilding itself after a year without qualifying.
9. Those promoted for 2024
The two teams that are returning to the League, after achieving promotion, are Fortaleza, a team from the capital, and Patriotas, a team from Tunja. Fortaleza achieved its third promotion and returns to the League after seven years. It will be directed by coach Sebastián Oliveros. For its part, the Boyacense team returns to A after a year of stay in category B. The team made a technical turn and named coach Harold Rivera for its return to the League.
10. The crashes that returned
Yimmi Chará, in his time in Junior.
Several players who were abroad went around the country to play in the League again. In addition to the cases of Yimmi Chará and Víctor Cantillo, in Junior, other notable reinforcements are added such as Baldomero Perlaza, who was in Colón in Argentina and arrived at Independiente Medellín. Daniel Bocanegra, the defender who was at Nacional in Uruguay, arrived at América de Cali. América also repatriated Venezuelan goalkeeper Joel Graterol, who was in Greece and returned to the scarlet team, and Michael Barrios, who was in MLS.
PAUL ROMERO
Editor of EL TIEMPO
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2024-01-21 05:44:41
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