Akrapovic Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 At 29, he lives the most productive moment of his career. He went from harsh criticism to praise. Maicol Balanta is one of those attackers that no defender wants to cross on the court. He is a large, long-haggard player, capable of leaving the poor opponent behind at the first change of speed or knocking him down to the first melee, because he also has a locomotive power. Balanta runs, gambetea, crushes, kicks and has goals, goals that are no coincidence, goals that led Santa Fe from a coma to vitality, to the unthinkable classification. Related topics Independent Santa Fe Oct 24 This is one of the figures of Santa Fe, key in the great comeback Independent Santa Fe Oct 23 Leandro Castellanos, with the second unbeatable mark of the League Millonaries FC Oct 22 Millos vs. Santa Fe: a classic at the limit of tension Against Millionaires, Balanta took out his entire repertoire to intimidate and disarm his inexpressive markers: he made two goals and two assists. A monster! A machine! A bullet !, as all his companions tell him. No one wanted to get through. As in the first goal, when he received the ball from Sambueza, which is his accomplice, and his markers did not appear, it was as if he were fleeing. Balanta put the ball forward, extended his legs, one, two strides, and took out his left bazooka, with effect outward, to go inside: goal, goal. "I'm happy because we achieved the goal and more before a team like Millionaires. We wanted to win the classic and we achieved it with eggs, with hierarchy. We were effective, ”said Balanta after the game, when he applauded for being the architect of the 2-4 win. But if something has this Balanta, in addition to his game and his joy that spreads in the dressing room, are his nerves of steel. Because he spent eight games since arriving in Santa Fe without scoring a goal and had to endure criticism, pressure, discomfort. In addition, he came to suffer the same in Bucaramanga and Tolima, with many criticisms, even with versions of his repeated indiscipline, and as the news flies, in Bogotá he was received with prevention, and it was worse when his game made no difference and Santa Fe it sank with the whole crew. Santa Fe Millionaires Balanta celebrates. Photo: Héctor Fabio Zamora / THE TIME Then Balanta closed his ears to the nuts and the comments, which were not for him, but for everyone on that dying team. And one day, Santa Fe got up and Balanta drew all his weapons. He began scoring his first goals, valuable, Millionaires himself, Once Caldas, Jaguares, Bucaramanga, and both in Wednesday's classic: he has already been 6. And in the classic he showed another of his weapons, in the second goal , when he stung behind poor Banguero - side of Millionaires - he received another pass from his accomplice Sambueza and put a subtle and lethal header. Two goals to Millos were enough for the prevented fans to start wondering where this Balanta comes from that now surprises them and makes them smile, and Balanta remembers with his game that he is not a rookie, who is Vallecaucano, 29, which started in 2011 at Universitario de Popayán and has been in Junior, Once Caldas, Rionegro, Cortuluá, Alianza Petrolera and Tolima, where he left to reinforce the cardinals. This semester came, as an extreme, and that is, an extreme, but capable of assaulting anywhere. He doesn't say it, he proves it. The fan already knows, and not to mention the poor Palacios - the other side of Millionaires -, who lurked on the left in the third goal; he made it fall as if his steps caused an earthquake; He took it apart, left it on the floor, and handed the ball to Sambueza to return favors. And not happy, then fell to the right. There he passed between two rivals, including the suffered Banguero, who made a tunnel before assisting Velasquez in the fourth goal. That defense of Millionaires suffered in bad flesh the inclemency of Maicol Balanta, who when he celebrates shows his huge teeth and waves his arms before melting into a hug with all his companions. Not only does he have 6 goals, he has also been in 17 of the 19 games of the season. That's why, he says, his good moment. “Continuity has been fundamental to me; the support of the coaching staff, my colleagues and managers, and the commitment, that this is what you always try to do every day, commit to the institution. My present is good and I hope to continue ratifying and contributing to the team ... Now that we have qualified, we have to be more focused and more effective in fighting the title, ”said Balanta yesterday at Caracol Radio. Santa Fe armed a voracious attack with Duke, Sambueza, Velasquez and Balanta, a crushing machine, and which nobody wants to go through.
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