américa de Cali beat Boyacá Chicó 0-2 this Saturday at the La Independencia stadium in Tunja, and temporarily reached first place in the BetPlay League standings. waiting for what Once Caldas does against Alianza in Valledupar.
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Goals from Rodrigo Holgado, at 5 minutes, and Cristian Barrios, at 31, sealed the victory for those led by Uruguayan Jorge ‘Polilla’ Da Silva.
However, América’s victory was marred by the injury of its starting goalkeeper, Venezuelan Joel Graterol, which set off alarm bells among the coaching staff and also the fans.
In the 36th minute, Graterol went out to cut off an aerial ball and while trying to reach it he suffered a problem in his left knee that could be serious.
Immediately, the América coach ordered the entry of the substitute goalkeeper, Jorge Soto, while Graterol left the field on a stretcher.
The goalkeeper had been summoned by the ‘Vinotinto’ coach, Fernando Batista, for the matches on dates 9 and 10 of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in North America, in which Venezuela will play against Argentina and Paraguay.
‘Polilla’ da Silva, waiting for the diagnosis of Graterol’s injury
Da Silva, in the press conference after the match, referred to Graterol’s injury and showed that the outlook is complicated.
“Studies are going to be carried out and from there we will have the clearest diagnosis of what happened to Joel, but We fear that it is something important because of how it happened, because of how he was. But hey, let’s pray that it’s something light.”‘Moth’ said.
“We have to wait until the next few hours for studies to be done to talk properly about what the exact injury is. We came out very hurt, I think that affected the team, because seeing the way Joel came out generates a lot of anguish in everyone,” he added.
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