Last Sunday, January 14th, University of Sports In a friendly match in the USA there was a 1-1 draw against Atlético Nacional. The team led by Fabián Bustos opened the scoring with a great free kick goal Edison Floresbut then the Colombian team finally equalized through Dorlan Pabón, who parried a cross from the right.
The “U” played its second friendly match of this 2024 preseason and achieved another draw after the draw in “Poet Night” against Club César Vallejo. Regarding the last game called Duel of Champions, the Atlético Nacional coach said: John Bodmerdescribed his impressions.
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What did the Atlético Nacional coach say about the friendly against Universitario?
In a press conference after the game: John Bodmer praised the student group as a club with a lot of history and described him as one of the continent's greats. The 42-year-old coach highlighted the top players and pointed out that many of them are developing in the Peruvian team.
“Universitario is one of the greats in South America, that doesn’t surprise me. We face a competitive group. I understand that they have players in the Peruvian team, so it is a high level team. They are players who are used to it.” “That doesn't surprise me,” he said at a press conference.
In addition, Bodmer referred to Tito Libre's goal by Edison Flores and did not hesitate to highlight it. “It's a great goal, things are as they are. It's the player's merit. We managed to equalize the game. After that we had clear chances to score and they did. I'm happy to have had such a hard-fought game at a high level.” “We're giving ourselves a thermometer to start competing in a few days,” he said.
Relive Universitario's goal in the friendly against Atlético Nacional
Midfielder Edison Flores came on in the 16th minute of the first half, scoring a free kick and opening the scoring.