Colón head south without a defence, Medrán hanging by a thread | OneFootball

This Sunday, Medrán’s team kicks off the second half of the tournament in what has already taken shape as a veiled ultimatum for this coaching staff. Right now, the feeling is that this squad, which once looked down on everyone from the top, is slowly losing steam because of a lack of footballing answers and no reaction from the bench.

To make matters worse, fate seems to be turning its back on a coach under fire. Now he has to put together a puzzle at the back because he lost both pillars at the same time: Federico Rasmussen picked up his fifth yellow card and Pier Barrios got injured. In Rasmussen’s place, Paraguayan Sebastián Olmedo would come in and Federico Lértora would drop into the “cave”, a move that lays bare the lack of trust in the squad’s natural alternatives such as Nicolás Thaller or youngster Lucas Picech.

The bad run does not end at the back. Nacho Lago underwent surgery last Monday for a nagging hand injury and, although they tried to wait for him, everything indicates that he will not be part of the squad traveling south. According to information from Fabián Tavella on La Doce on Radio Gol 96.7, new signing Franco García would come in for him. At this stage of the year, Colón arrives depleted, confused, and under pressure. If Medrán does not steady the ship this Sunday in the south, a defeat seems likely to finish sinking him.

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