Jesus Nacional sucks.... that goal.... Palacios is garbage!!! How he keeps getting called to the NT or ever went to Europe..... is beyond me. Someone must have sold their souls to make it happen
Saw the Nacional and the Santa Fe games this weekend. At least Nacional isn’t as bad as Santa Fe but shocking how both have fallen so badly. Are they under new leadership? Santa Fe it’s a bunch of past prime players. I know Nacional has a bunch of injuries but they have at best 3 good players on this squad that aren’t youth players.
We have an average team that might be higher in the table if ee didn't have so many injured players yet we still aren't good enough to win the title. I'm not Autuori's biggest fan but we cannot blame only him. A team like Nacional needs much better reinforcements. This semester is done, we can't qualify, we are too weak, but hopefully the management will learn and improve for next semester.
that is the sad reality.. we are just not good enough.. we lack AT LEAST 1 good player on each line. mediocre players make mediocre teams.
They need to focus less on a big name coach and bring better players. Did the Uribe thing bankrupt Nacional?
Santa fe collapsed was an issue of time with their model........for years they have been an average joe gym ...recluiting old and drunk players....because they are cheaps.......in the other side they only bet to a beign a defensive teams...with defensive miden coaches and non creative players.........since sudamericana that they won they have been terrified to watch,
We won the clasico without several starters, the game was difficult because of that and the ********ing rain throughout the game. thank god I always carry a rain poncho Our young ones are starting to gel and that is good. Hernandez played a heck of a game. Cepellini player really good, he ran for all the game and had balls at every play. best player in the field yesterday. We won ugly but we won. Medellín was ....... bad. really, that team is not 2-3 players short. is 20 players short.
Go figure this semester's Nacional. Wins 4-0, then lose to the bottom of the table, then wins the clasico. So inconsistent. Nacional shouldn't battle for the playoff, we should battle for the title. Autuori is not convincing but it's also not his fault that we don't have players this semester. Either he will fail to qualify or not, he should get another semester to change our minds and that's it (usually I believe that a coach deserves a full year to prove himself). As for Ceppelini , best player of the season in Nacional along with Gomez if you ask me. Don't know how Aldo or el Indio sometimes start before him.
Finally we are connecting two great games, after a 2-0 win over America at Atanasio. @RafaLarios will tell us about the great atmosphere at the stadium. On the pitch it was only Nacional who played great but missed too much. Only after Paz's red card at the 74th minute came the goals: Barcos at the 76th and Lucumi in stoppage time after a wonderful counter attack. Great to finally see that we have foreigners that actually contribute like Barcos and Ceppelini (5 goals each so far). Henriquez returned after three months of absence and was solid along Bocanegra. If we'll continue like we played to day and in the clasico vs. DIM, we'll be candidates again to win the title. Good words for Candelo and Helibelton who play well in the last couple of weeks.
Well. Games must be played and Nacional thought that they would win just by being in the field. Envigado bossed them yesterday in every facet of the game, in grit, guts, creativity, stamina, technique and suprisingly, even physically.
This team is so inconsistent.... After wins to both DIM and America and we got steamrolled by envigado... It was disgusting really and this team doesn't have enough character and balls to compete every ********ing game. If we lose to Santa Fe and out of playoffs it would be shame of the highest proportions
Am afraid the highest proportion shaming has been going on for well over a year at AN. Frankly not even making it past preliminary stages of CL was already pretty bad and nothing AN has done so far really shows that they deserve to be in the top 8. If I were a supporting fan I would actually prefer they choke and not make playoffs so maybe that way the entire organization can get a huge facelift.
We tried it last tournament, didn't work. I want to trust coach Autuori since he has resume, but for some reason I'm not convinced by his coaching abilities so far. I do admit that he is facing a tough situation with all these injuries. Right now we are in the playoff and with the way and inconsistent or both Cali and Junior, I would say that we can make it, although for me Tolima is the favorite in this group.
I am expecting NOTHING from this playoff. We are very inconsistent and we have the depth of a kid's pool. We played bad against the worst team of the league at home. good atmosphere by the way. i woulod be surprised if we leave this group victorious.
What a horrible game yesterday... We were not attacking and we waited... and waited.... this is going to be a loooong cuadrangular. Junior is crap too
What about me? I had to get up at 2:30 a.m. for this sh*t. We actually had ONE shot during the 90 minutes. It was pathetic, one of the poorest games I've seen lately. And yes, Junior is crap as well, luckily both Tolima and Cali also didn't win. And now with our limited team we also have to face Fluminense in the Sudamericana.
What a horrible game.. the first half was entertaining until that robbery of a PK that the referee gave. The team went into shambles. Barcos was playing hurt and since we don't have any bench he had to play for most of the game. Even injured he was the best player after vladimir. Tolima keeps winning in our house. god damn i am ********ing angry. Oh.. I forgot... Lucumi should be hanged from the balls....what a horrible player.. I really really despise him. Also, why the ******** Helibelton keeps getting calls for the NT? disgraceful.