Mixed feelings remained in the red family following the second leg of the first round of the Copa Sudamericana, between América Cali and Independiente Medellín, which was played this Wednesday night at the Pascual Guerrero stadium.
The joy for the team’s classification to the group stage of the continental competition, following winning (3-1) in shots from the penalty spot and following drawing (3-3) on aggregate, contrasted with the discomfort left in the group the stomp that the coach Juan Carlos Osorio gave the player Juan David Mosquera and also with the concern generated by the strong entrance of Jorge Segura to Luciano Pons, who following the fact had to be replaced.
Both events were overlooked by the Venezuelan central judge Alexis Herrera and his assistants, which left a feeling of helplessness among the followers of the red cast, who expected that the technical director of the Red Devils would be expelled and that the action once morest of the DIM attacker was punished with a maximum penalty. However, both situations remained unpunished.
Medic report
Aware of the concern that seeing Pons leave on a stretcher, with notorious signs of pain, caused in the partial Antioquia team, EL COLOMBIANO contacted the club’s doctor, Édgar Méndez, who delivered a part of the player’s injuries.
“Luciano had a very strong trauma to his leg, also a centimeter wound that required stitches,” explained the head of the DIM medical department.
Likewise, the striker underwent an X-ray in which a fissure or fracture in the tibia bone was ruled out.
For his part, Vladimir Hernández presented a discomfort in the back of his thigh and this Thursday he continued to show signs of pain, for which he will continue to be observed for a couple of more days.