Jorge Bermudez publicly challenged Carlos Antonio Velez to seek information with the directors of the Colombian Football Federation. Bermúdez considers that Vélez is a “buddy” of the directors and that is why his challenge pointed to the Colombia U-17 team.
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On April 5, 2023, Jorge Bermúdez took advantage of a new edition of his program ‘The Soccer Patch’ to publicly reattach Carlos Antonio Vélez. But, before revealing the challenge, Bermúdez sent a couple of ‘blazes’ to Vélez. In principle, he made it clear that, although Carlos Antonio was his teacher, he did not agree with many of his opinions.
“A challenge for Doctor Vélez, whom I respect a lot. My Master, I always say it and I will always say it. But the fact that he is my teacher does not mean that I agree with what he says”, Jorge Bermúdez
Jorge Bermúdez continued to ensure that Carlos Antonio Vélez is a “buddy” of the directors of the Colombian Football Federation, who are involved in his challenge, and explained why.
“You who are apparently the key, corduroy and ‘nail and dirt’ of ‘Monchito’ (Ramón) Jesurún. They don’t answer us, they don’t give us an interview. You do, you write to ‘Monchito’ or Álvaro González on WhatsApp and they answer you at once, they go on the air, talk to them, go and have lunch, drink tea, red wine and are permanently in contact”, Ramón Jesurún
What was Jorge Bermúdez’s challenge for Carlos Antonio Vélez?
Before addressing Carlos Antonio Vélez directly, Jorge Bermúdez expressed his surprise because the Colombia Under-17 team, which was eliminated and made a big deal in the South American Championship of the category, had many amateur soccer players. According to him, it is rare that players from teams like America, Quindioo Santa Fe They will not enter the call for ‘La Tricolor’. In fact, he assured that this speaks very badly of the clubs or, in that case, of the selection criteria of the Colombian coaching staff, which is headed by the coach Juan Carlos Ramirez.
That is precisely what Jorge Bermúdez’s challenge to Carlos Antonio Vélez aimed at. Bermúdez challenged him, taking advantage of his close relationship with the directors of the Colombian Football Federation, to find out the criteria for selecting players for the call for the Colombian team that played the South American U-17 tournament in Ecuador 2023.
Find out what the processes and criteria for selecting these players were. What happened? Did the coaches do scouting in América, Santa Fe, La Equidad, Quindío, Cortuluá and Boyacá Chico and realized that there are no good players there? And if they found them in the Difutbol clubs, those of amateur and amateur football?
— Jorge Bermudez
Jorge Bermúdez did not miss the opportunity and once once more questioned Carlos Antonio.
Find out this and tell us, I challenge Doctor Vélez. He says that he is independent and I don’t see independence anywhere, because he obviously doesn’t have it. But he does have the source and the information due to the close and friendly relationship he has with the leaders of the Colombian Football Federation.
— Jorge Bermudez
Bermúdez’s intervention ended when he charged once more once morest the Colombian Football Federation for the way it sees and treats journalists who are not ‘buddies’ of Ramón Jesurún and the other managers.
“You, Doctor Vélez, have the power. Because they look at us as a ‘gargajo’, as a ‘pecueca’”, Jorge Bermúdez
*See from minute 23:49
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