Juan Fernando Quintero answered questions about his Junior performance

The team led by the coach Arthur Reyes They are yet to pick up their first victory in the Betplay League 2023. In the first four dates of the tournament, Atlético Junior have accumulated three units following three draws and one defeat. Criticism from Barranquilla’s fans and press is growing, as the team poured money into buying the player from Antioquia and reinforcements to match the project, however, the crew Shark He still hasn’t looked up.

At the end of the classic against Unión Magdalena, Juan Fernando Quintero he accompanied his coach to the press conference and spoke about why Junior’s collective performance is not as expected.

“There are four dates, the world does not end. We must be calm. Given Barranquilla’s cultural theme, getting away from it all is easy now. We are the only ones who can make it happen, today people have come to support us and they are too important. At some point, the ball will enter. I’m convinced we’ll get through this,” the player said.

The most valuable player in Colombian professional football (FPC) has currently returned to Colombian football with the intention of consolidating himself as one of the most outstanding players in the tournament, adding minutes at the Metropolitano stadium, thinking of the Colombian team and helping to overcome the sports crisis through which passes the Junior of Barranquilla.

So far, the talented midfielder’s performances have been very cautious, he has failed to connect with the team and he hasn’t shone like he usually does. This situation is attributed to the management which Arthur Reyes He gave to the team, even though the ’10’ defended him.

“I feel more and more attached to my colleagues. Who plays is a decision made by the coach and I respect that. If I go in there, I’m wrong, I respect the coach. Personally, I came for him too and he is a person with enough experience,” mentioned the attacking midfielder who also served for the national team.

Junior hasn’t won an official game in the Colombian league since October 30, 2022, when he beat Jaguares 2-0. in which he did obtains no victory and ends up in last position.

Juanfer He mentioned Junior’s biggest flaw at the start of the season: the lack of purpose. His task as an attacking midfielder is precisely to contribute with this quota; however, the team struggled to score.

“The theme of the goal is to hold on to the job, we created goal options and we did things right to get the rivals goal. I have full confidence in our strikers and we did a good match. We did things well collectively,” said the player, optimistic given the difficulty of the team.

Juan Fernando Quintero is the most valuable player in the Colombian league after the departure of Daniel Ruiz in Santos of Brazil. It was learned that his assist was 3.5 million euros which makes him one of the most expensive signings in FPC history and confirms him as the most expensive player in the Betplay League 2023.

For this reason, he has been the target of criticism, not only from the team’s fans Shark, but of all the FPC fans, who claim that he is not worth what he plays. Given these statements, Quintero remains calm.

“With all due respect, the name gave birth to this and it’s easy to sign up. You need to know what’s going on, I’m saying this because a lot of people have come out to kill me. I don’t I can’t control that, but it would be nice if they absorbed the arguments and presented them,” he said.