The national defender came on early in the second half and was substituted after 67 minutes. The fall eliminates the Rossoblú in the round of 16 of the contest.
Gary Medel laments. The national defender was injured during Bologna’s short fall against Lazio. Pitbull’s side were knocked out of the Italian Cup in the Round of 16 and the defender didn’t spend 25 minutes on the pitch after coming in after the break.
The only goal in the rossoblú defeat came in the 33rd minute of the first half. Uruguayan central defender Joaquín Sosa lost a ball in the left sector, under pressure from Spaniard Pedro. The ex-Barcelona player entered the box and touched down the middle for Felipe Anderson to set an empty goal.
At that time, Gary Medel was on the substitutes bench. But with the score at 1-0, coach Thiago Motta made two changes at the start of the second half. Jhon Lucumi entered in place of Adama Soumaoro and the Chilean in place of Jerdy Schouten. When he was on the pitch, the man trained at Universidad Católica had a lot of contact with the ball, completing all the passes and winning in most of his duels.
However, the bad news for the national team would reach 67′. The defender had only been on the pitch for 21 minutes when a muscle problem forced him off. In his place, Niklas Pyythia entered. Prior to this modification, which was the last, the technician had tried other input pairs. None, yes, was enough to reach the tie.
In this way, Bologna says goodbye to the second most important competition in Italian football. In the previous phases, they eliminated Cosenza and then Cagliari. Both results were 1-0. Lazio, as the winners of this key, will face Juventus, who emerged victorious from the key against Monza, with a score of 2-1.
Regularity
At 35, Gary Medel He continues to be one of the national footballers with the greatest continuity in Europe. In the current course, he has accumulated 1276 minutes, divided into 17 games. His cast had two technicians and both used him as a starter most of the time.
Last weekend, when Bologna won against Udinese, he didn’t play. However, on this occasion it was because he was suspended. In the rest of the matches, the Pitbull is still a permanent position to the Italian club, which currently occupies the eleventh position in Serie A.
In recent years, there has been talk in all transfer markets of a possible return to South America. However, they never moved on from rumors. In this sense, a few months ago the defender assured that he would like to continue in Italy and extend his relationship with the Rossoblú team. “My contract ends in June but it all depends on Bologna, the club, what the coach wants for next year. I want to continue here. My family is happy, I play and I hope to continue here”, he declared at the beginning of December.
Its benchmark status is such that at the end of 2022, the Corriere dello Sport newspaper praised its seasons at the club. “He knows how to transmit more than all the others and he is a benchmark in the locker room. And the beauty is that these Pitbull qualities are also recognized by Roberto Soriano, the captain, who is in some ways a quieter leader than Medel,” they wrote.
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