The Rímac team led by the Brazilian coach Tiago Nunes, will present its 2023 version to society at the traditional Light Blue Afternoon, held at 4:00 p.m. at Fort “Bajopontino” against Deportes Tolima, a Colombian team chosen by the “Rimenses” for this engagement. However, DT Tiago Nunes confirmed in a press conference that Sporting Cristal cannot count on three key players for this clash.
Which players are not fit?
According to the Brazilian coach’s address, they would be Adrián Ugarriza, ex-Cienciano, Washington Corozo and Brenner Marlos, who are suffering from a number of injuries that prevent them from making their debut in the game agreed for this afternoon. Because of this, Tiago Nunes said he will prioritize giving them the appropriate time to recover and be 100% at 100% because, according to Nunes, “there are always players in pre-season that cost them a little more .”
Losses in the visiting team
Secondly, Sports Tolima He will also face the “Brewers” with some innovations in his sports program. It happens that the Colombia team couldn’t include two of their 12 new players for this 2023 season in the full squad due to problems in updating the passports of some footballers.
The players who cannot be present at the Celestial Afternoon are: midfielder Julián Angulo Sevillano and winger Nicolás Giraldo.
Finally, this is the first time in eight years for the Colombian team, managed today by DT’s Hernán Torres, that an international pre-season duel will be played outside of the “Cafétero” country, as this situation last happened in 2018 Sport Tolima met the Liga de Quito in the so-called “White Night”.