Matías Godoy mystery at Colón: absence raises questions | OneFootball

Colón’s squad list for the match against All Boys featured an absence that quickly drew attention: Matías Godoy did not even appear among Ezequiel Medrán’s options.

And the context only fueled the speculation. The forward was coming off serving his one-match suspension after his childish sending-off against Godoy Cruz and, in theory, was available to the coach again. However, the coaching staff decided to leave him out of the match played at the Brigadier López, in a decision that raised several questions.

The sending-off that marked a turning point at Colón

The incident against Godoy Cruz is still fresh in the Colón camp. Godoy left the team a man down before the end of the first half after an avoidable and heavily criticized second yellow card.

That red card caused strong internal unrest, not only because of the stage of the match, but also because the player was going through a period in which he was trying to establish himself in the coach’s plans.

He then served the automatic suspension in the draw against Los Andes at the Eduardo Gallardón, but far from regaining ground, he disappeared entirely from the next squad list.

The youth player’s injury and another delicate situation involving Godoy at Colón

In the meantime, another incident occurred that ended up adding tension to the situation. During a football practice against a youth and reserve side, Godoy was involved in a 50-50 challenge with Joaquín Rodríguez, one of the club’s prospects, who ended up suffering a serious ligament injury.

Although the coaching staff tried to play down the incident, the emotional impact within the squad was strong because of the physical consequences suffered by the youngster.

After the win over All Boys, Medrán publicly referred to the matter: “Last Monday there was a training session where, in an unfortunate situation, the kid got injured. I was there because I ran it, and there was no bad intention. It was an unfortunate play.” From what could be learned, beyond the coach’s words, the player did not go in fairly—quite the opposite, in fact—because he was already upset over other issues related to training.

A footballing decision or an internal message?

The coach’s explanation tried to shut down any disciplinary interpretation of what happened in training. Even so, Godoy’s absence from the squad list still left the debate open.

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