MX League | Why isn’t Pedro Aquino a starter in America and Anderson Santamaría is a “banner” in Atlas? | Peruvian team | SPORT-TOTAL

It was 2-2 the crossing between Peruvians. With Pedro Aquino during the last fifteen minutes, América could not contain the 2-0 win over Atlas and the tie distributed the points on date 9 of the MX League.

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It is not being a good season for Pedro Aquino, since he has lost the title in America. The midfielder entered in the 75th minute to try to regain control of the midfield. Meanwhile, at Atlas Anderson Santamaría started the entire match, while Edison Flores was not considered on the squad.

After the tie, both coaches appeared before the press and El Comercio was part of both presentations to inquire about the current situation of Peruvians in each of the clubs. Pedro Aquino suffers in ‘Las Águilas’ since he has not been a starter since January 14 against Toluca.

A few days ago, Pedro Aquino spoke and explained about his present in America. “I had two technicians in America and they are different. Santiago Solari and now the ‘Tano’ [Fernando García]. The methods are different. With Solari I was containment, the anchor, but now with ‘Tano’ he likes me to be more offensive, that I dare to go forward and create plays. It is complicated, but I am working on it and trying to adapt to it, ”he commented in an interview for the Movistar Deportes program El Fuera de Lista.

Precisely, DT El Comercio was present at the press conference via Zoom of the match between Atlas vs. América and asked the coach Fernando García about the reason why Pedro Aquino is not a starter in the ‘Águilas’. The reason, for the strategist, is purely technical.

“It’s a decision of mine within the technical command, Pedro is playing very well and he will have to wait for the opportunity when I see fit”said the ‘Tano’.

In general, Fernando Ortiz has chosen in America to use the pairing in the central midfielder made up of the Paraguayan Robert Sánchez and the Spanish Álvaro Fidalgo. Along these lines, the Peruvian footballer took the place of both in several games, although when he had to enter for the player trained at Real Madrid, he performed the function of ‘8’, with a profile more of game creation than destruction.

An Atlas

After the words of the technician of America it was the turn of Benjamín Mora, technician of Atlaswho was responsible for the situation of Anderson Santamaría and Edison Flores at the club.

In the case of ‘Ears’, Edison returned to group training a few days ago after suffering a thoraco-abdominal contusion that has kept him away from the courts for more than a month. His last game with Atlas was against Querétaro on January 22.

“Edison Flores is ready. He has been training with the group for a few days now. Just today for protection to close his medical discharge. We have it considered for any time it is needed”, explained Benjamin Mora. Thus, there will be peace of mind for Juan Reynoso’s coaching staff ahead of the friendlies against Germany and Morocco.

On the other hand, Anderson Santamariawho had his first match with Atlas in August 2018 and he has already been in the red and black institution for almost five years, for his coach Benjamín Mora he is an important player in his scheme. This is how he recognized it when asked by Deporte Total, since he has been a two-time champion and last year he won the Champion of Champions title.

“In the case of Santamaría, we know that he is a player with a lot of talent, quality and great physique. He has been a banner in Atlas for some time now, so he always gives us the best in effort and the best in what he can give on the pitch in the central defense, so we are happy with both of them and we will continue to grow so that they can have better yields”the technician replied.

Finally, America With this result, he appears in fourth place with 17 points and Atlas remains fourteenth, with eight points after playing 9 dates in Liga MX.