Minella: Medrán is the ideal manager to stay at Colón | OneFootball

He was chosen to be the coach of Colón after the management dismissed Andrés Yllana. And although the idea was for him to continue until the end of the competition, the results were not as expected, and that's why Martín Minella returned to manage the Reserve team.

It is clear that Minella has a great knowledge of the club, as well as of the younger players with whom he has been working for some time.

Minella spoke about the resources Colón has in the lower divisions, but he also supported Medrán's continuity for the next year. He also analyzed his time as the coach of the professional team.

Martín Minella's Analysis

“I believe that over time I will appreciate more what this year was like; for me, it has been very intense and very emotional, with all the peaks of emotion, extreme joy, a lot of pressure, and much sadness. I went through so many emotional levels that I still can't realize where I was or what tremendous responsibility I had,” Minella assured.

He then added: “I think that over time I will value having been there, knowing where I come from, because I didn’t play 20 years in the First Division, and that is perhaps the hardest thing to achieve. But I also have the sadness of not being able to sustain that and stay until the end, that's the thorn that remains with me.”

When asked about his future, he expressed: “There was an approach with some of the groups, not all, we have already talked with two or three. There is the approval, the endorsement for us to continue.”

Regarding the outlook for the Reserve team, he said: “I gave the leaders a report on everything I think regarding possible contracts and the continuity of the boys, especially so that what happened with some boys we lost along the way, like Arcando, Utrera, and Abondeto, does not happen again.”

And he continued: “There are a lot of boys we have lost for not trusting them, by imagining that because they don’t have much trajectory, they are not up to Colón’s standards, and I think it’s quite the opposite. For me, the one who should be questioned is the newcomer, the one we have to demand much more from is the newcomer.”

In the final part of the conversation, Minella referred to Medrán and opined: “Ezequiel (Medrán) came with 70% of the points, he was second in the championship with Gimnasia de Mendoza, he had only lost two games. He is a coach who knows the category very well, and that influences.”

“The category is not just the football matches; in the Primera Nacional there are a lot of contexts, from a large or small playing field, the grass, the locker rooms, the refereeing, the trips, the number of kilometers you have. The rests, there are a lot of things to consider, the diet, the training, how many players are needed and that’s why I think he would be the ideal coach to continue at Colón.”

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