The present of FC Junior is totally contrary to what was expected on the day it was announced Juan Fernando Quintero as his most important signing for the 2023 season. Barranquillero’s side are bottom in the standings of the BetPlay Dimayor League I-2023 with just six points in seven games and a negative goal difference of -2. Of the team’s four league goals, one comes from Juanfer, the only one excepted by fans in the current crisis.
This was demonstrated in a video taken during the team’s last defeat Shark in the Barranquilla Metropolitan Stadium Before Envigado FC. With minutes remaining before the 2-1 counter was doomed, a particular choir descended from the stands near the popular bars of the red and white cast iron“Oh, let them all go, let Juanfer be alone”.
In social networks did not ignore the situation and it was especially the fans of River Plate who criticized the song, and also took the opportunity to demand the return of the player who was part of the squad until the end of 2022. This rumor was also exposed by Argentine journalists around the world. the future of steering wheel. His contract does not oblige him to do the full year and in June a window could open for Sign out.
However, other fans of the FC Junior and Colombian football assured that the performance of the Antioquian is not as expected and is also guilty of the bad football moment. It was exactly the same Juan Fernando Quintero who demanded to be tried, like the rest of his teammates, “And I’m not jumping ship, I’m never guilty either.”
Juan Fernando Quintero was the author of the goal, with a free kick in the 71st minute, the ten gave hope to the supporters who attended the Metropolitan who celebrated the first goal of the former player of River Plate, who shouted it angrily and encouraged his teammates to go for the draw against the hero career.
The next departure from Junior of Barranquilla will be there before Santa Fe Independent for the ninth day of the championship BetPlay Dimayor. The duel is scheduled for Saturday, March 18 from 8:30 p.m. Colombian time with transmission of Win sports +.
Junior of Barranquilla faces the Sports Tolima in the previous phase of the South American CupHowever, the eleventh Atlantic dropped by the minimum and were eliminated from the tournament. Juan Fernando Quintero is the visible head of the Shark, Well, he stands out as the great figure of the rojiblanco cast and after the elimination of his team he showed his frustration and wondered about the team’s lack of strength.
The Antioquia midfielder spoke to the media after finishing the match that gave the classification to the TolimaRegarding this match, he assured that he was not speaking only for himself, since he was referring to the team as a whole. Quintero He assured that he had no words to explain what happened, however, he had to hold his head high.
According to the player of the Colombian national team, for this type of international competition it is necessary to have a hierarchy, because it is not only a question of playing well, but also of being effective against the opposing goal. In this regard, the player said:
“I don’t like to speak in the first person, I focus more on the collective, on the team and it’s the usual momentum, the one we want to win. Fortunately, I’m physically fine, but these are things of the game, we remain a little frustrated with the situation, I hope it will help to improve in the future, and to know that In an international cup, you have to have a hierarchy”.