By Brian Sales
Photo: Osvaldo Aguilar | Mexsport
On Pumas It is not very common for players to experience a second stage, however, not all of them are bad. It is difficult to talk about championships, but there are a number of players who returned to the team of their loves and brought at least a couple of joys to the town blue and gold. Now it is the turn of Efrain Velarde, who, at 35, will return to play a full season with the team that saw him born and that he left in the 2014. He does it in a complicated stage, where the team no longer has a margin of error and in a position that has been a headache in the last five years.
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The ‘Spark‘can boast that he lived the last great moments with the group auriazul. He was on the squad that won the sixth star in Pachuca and also in the one who achieved it before Morelia in the University Olympic. His first stage consisted of 293 official matches, ten goals and ten assists, which led him to start in the 2014 to the Rayados from Monterrey. His career did not have major shocks. He failed to shine in royal lands and was transferred to Lion. He came back with the GangBut he quickly moved to Toluca. And so it remained, in a constant coming and going until it found regularity with Morelia, which later became Mazatlan.
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An element that resembles what will now live Velarde it is Pablo Barrera. They even shared a dressing room when the ‘Dynamite‘scored the goal in overtime to give the sixth title to the blue auria. He left the team in the 2010 for his European adventure, where he passed through the West Ham and the Zaragoza. He never adapted and came back to play with Blue Cross Y Monterrey, until, in the 2016, Rodrigo Ares de Parga chose to give it one more chance.
Already in his second stage with the team, Barrera suffered the least profitable years of the club. At the most he aspired, it was a semifinal where the America he made them six goals in the second leg. His cycle ended when Rodrigo came out and Jesus Ramirez Y Leopoldo Silva they stayed in command. Even the fans celebrated his departure, since he did not perform on the pitch as expected from one of those who was a reference in the squad.
Another of the most notorious cases of elements that live a second stage in the University Club corresponds to Dante Lopez. The Paraguayan he also has two champion medals with Pumas, but in his second stage he failed to repeat the merit and stayed on the line after losing the Final against Tigers. His first stage was from 2008 until the 2011. From there, he returned to his country, but was quickly required in the 2014.
Mario trejoPresident at the time, he decided to give it a second chance. Although he no longer ran the same and his age was clearly noticeable, he was part of the team that reached the Final in the 2015 and who participated in the Liberators cup, where they fell in the quarterfinals against Independent of the Valley. His farewell was through the back door, because they did not renew it and gave it up without asking the Zacatepec. After that he returned to his country to play, but he hung the boots on the 2017.
Other players who also saw a second stage are David cabrera Y Marco Palacios, elements that were loaned to other teams for a year or more, and then returned to defend for the second time the jersey of Pumas. At least in the last decade, Efrain Velarde you will have in your hands become the only element that returns to Pumas for a second stage and get the championship.
ELEMENTS THAT SAW A SECOND AIR
PLAYER GAMES GOALS ASSISTS
Efraín Velarde 293 10 15
Pablo Barrera 215 36 41
Dante Lopez 208 38 23
David Cabrera 275 8 4
Marco Palacios 304 10 0
He has sparked like a feline
Despite the long history of Velarde, and who remains active at 35, only managed to touch the glory with the colors blue and gold. He was part of the squad that raised the trophy in the 2009, in view of Pachuca, but it left its mark on the last title. Velarde became a fundamental piece in the League, thanks to his goals in the Final phase, Velarde It can be considered as one of the most outstanding and loved elements by the fans.
«I am leaving my home, but I am leaving with my face held high because I have always left my heart and soul for this team. Farewells are part of life, it is necessary to say goodbye and leave the best of us sown before leaving and that is what I tried to do. I leave calm because I know that I gave myself to the maximum, I tried to be a professional both on and off the court and I never kept anything. Thanks, Pumas. For my race the spirit will speak », said in his farewell in the 2014.
Turned into the turn before Monterrey and opened the can so that the blue auria to access the next phase. Already in the semifinals, he scored a goal Chivas in the first leg, in the Akron Stadium, which allowed them to enter the Grand finale. His annotations were never a surprise, hence he can boast ten with the blue auria and 15 assists, something that he did not equal during his entire journey through the mexican soccer.
Now, Velarde returns with the slogan of being a voice of command, in addition to that of Talavera. On his shoulders will be a lot of weight of the team on the field of play. It will also serve as a guide for the smallest that will appear, as is the case of Marco Garcia. The prodigal son returns home, but with many challenges despite his 35 years.
Pumas will present their reinforcements this week
Commanded by Efrain Velarde, Pumas will present his reinforcements this week to fully integrate into training. Both the side, and Washington Corozo, Rogerio e Higor Meritao They will be exhibited for the first time before the media and the fans. Although the team already trains in the facilities of QuarryIt will only be this Monday when the strategist has a full roster Andrés Lillini.
Yes OK THIS He managed to know that they would only have four reinforcements, some more incorporation is not ruled out, especially if there is some exit of elements of the spine such as Juan Dinenno, Johan Vasquez, Plum Lira Y Alan Mozo. The Olympic Games and the final list of Jaime lozano will have pending the directive auriazul, especially in the case of the central, who is already followed from the european football.
Last tournament, after the sale of González, they managed to retain Juan Ignacio Dinenno. The offers will not take long to arrive by the Argentinian, who did not have his best tournament during the Guard1anes 2021, but that he has an average of goals per important game that has already attracted attention in the old continent and arabia, which are the places where he has already been surveyed for a hypothetical incorporation.
Unlike the last tournament in which they did not sign prior to the contest and their only reinforcement came to date six, now Pumas Y Lillini They will have a full staff for the beach work they will do in Acapulco. There are 46 days until the start of the new campaign, but now the university want to do things right after staying out of the repechage.
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