Tulio Gómez piles pressure on Jorge Da Silva: "We have to win the title"
Tulio Gómez piles pressure on Jorge Da Silva: "We have to win the title"
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.
Tulio Gómez, the majority shareholder of América de Cali, gave an interview to the program Deportes sin Tapujos, and addressed several current issues of the Scarlet club.
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In particular, the directness of his statements regarding the demands on the coach, Jorge 'Polilla' Da Silva, caught attention.
"Results keep coaches in their positions"
Tulio Gómez pointed out that the Uruguayan coach has a contract until July. "Results keep coaches in their positions and we must become champions" he assured, putting a bit of pressure on the coach.
This Sunday, América de Cali hosts Independiente Medellín at Pascual Guerrero, where they will seek to remain leaders and secure the invisible point ahead of the final quadrangulars.
Two days later, they will play for a spot in the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana, also hosting Racing from Uruguay at home.
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"We had to play on Sunday for the League because Conmebol has the Pascual and they didn't lend us another stadium," Gómez clarified, taking the opportunity to talk about the dream of having their own stadium: "The América stadium project requires managing funds, for now, I don't think we can have it in the Centenary year".
Finally, Tulio Gómez spoke about some players. "We are happy," he said about Juan Fernando Quintero and recalled that "he has a three-year contract," so it is expected that he will continue to strengthen his position in the team.
He also spoke about Rodrigo Holgado, who might miss some quadrangular matches due to a possible call-up to the Malaysia National Team, although Tulio Gómez expressed: "We are trying to prevent him from going, because it's a friendly match".
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