Hernán Torres has gotten used to ruling in the League. At the head of Deportes Tolima, he got used to playing finals, he has played two in a row; he got used to fighting titles, he won it a year ago; but this time, when he was on his way to another final, the custom is tarnished.
He is threatened by another DT with a long history, two thousand battles: Julio Comesaña, that at the head of Medellín is close to the final and does not want to let it escape. She wants to build her own custom and break Torres’ hegemony.
Tolima seemed to be going with a solid step, they had a great first phase of the League, and even before the previous date he was leading group B, he was strong, he was the favorite. But in this championship whoever blinks goes to the ground. Tolima blinked, lost to La Equidad in Bogotá and is now below the DIM, one point below. That’s why today’s game at Atanasio Girardot (5:30 pm, Win + TV) could be definitive for him, as well as for Julio Comesaña.
Comesaña has left everything to reach the final, he even put aside the South American Cup, in which Medellín neither thundered nor sounded. He bet everything on this championship.
Comesaña, the key man
Comesaña, at 74 years old, wants glory with the Powerful. He still doesn’t have anything in his pocket, the only thing he has is the advantage of one point and that the most important match of the group is played today at the Atanasio Girardot, that’s what he has, and he seems like a treasure.
It will depend on his Medellín to make the perfect game to win three points and then we will see who stops him, although La Equidad, who visits the eliminated Envigado, is on his feet, he fights. And Comesaña looks at him out of the corner of his eye, she will be his next rival, on the last day of the group. Medellín must make the last effort.
“We are all physically exhausted, whoever recovers better will have more energy. We want to arrive in the best way for this Sunday, that’s why we’re going to stay focused”, said DT Comesaña after beating Envigado on Thursday.
Torres does not lower his arms, he never does, he is a technical fighter, with an infinite character.
Torres does not lower his arms, he never does, he is a technical fighter, with an infinite character. He knows well the virtues of his team, those strengths that have led him to recent successlike that of being classified to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores, being the only surviving Colombian team.
Torres lost the final in December against Cali, but he was there, fighting until the last game. Torres won the final against Millonarios a year ago; Torres also won the Super League that was played this year against Cali. Torres, for more, made Millonarios champion in 2012 and promoted to América in 2016.
So we are talking about a coach who, at 61 years old, dominates that of playing definitive matches.
And since Tolima is not dead, it is an intimidating adversary, capable of resurfacing in Medellín. If he wins his match, Torres will win the match against Comesaña, he would return to normality, Vinotinto first, in the race to the final, with the first option, no matter what La Equidad does.
Comesaña wants to stop Torres, he wants to assume command and protagonism, he wants his Medellín to be in the final. The problem is that he has to beat Tolima, who on the field fights with the seal of his coach.
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PAUL ROMERO
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