Atletico Nacional were left without competition, and this was Verdolaja's first semester

Atletico Nacional played its last match in the first half of 2024. Verdolaga's team had a period of oblivion. It exited early and suddenly in the two tournaments it competed in and entered into a sporting and administrative crisis..

For the first time in many years, the team's fans were out of touch with anything Atletico Nacional did, and their absence from the Estadio Atanacio Girardo was notable, as well as their actions of protest against the Antioquians' poor results.

Nacional started with a win over Alianza in its first appearance in the 2024-I Colombian League and everything was an illusion in the team led by John Bodmer.But then the reality will be different. On only the second day, they had to face the eleventh team of the same category and found themselves far inferior to the América de Cali team that knew how to beat them.

Instability and poor results dominated Nacional's performance, and things got worse for the Verdolagas side when they lost to Millonarios at the Atanasio Stadium. After losing in El Clásico to Al Piazole, they added five more defeats and a total of nine days without wins.

During that period of meetings The crisis became unsustainable in the Green Zone after their elimination from the CONMEBOL Libertadores Only in the qualifying stage, against Nacional Paraguay, and both Asuncion and Medellin lost.

Bad results led to Bodmer's departure The team and leadership coach was replaced by Uruguayan Pablo Repetto. The team took a breath and after achieving on some dates victories over rivals such as Pasto, Jaguares and Envigado, some began to get excited, but after this Another bad run of four games without wins came which saw them eliminated.

In the midst of the sporting crisis and when the season was about to end, It is worth remembering the resignation of a figure like Dorlan PaponWho left the team after a heated training.

Before the end of the semester, Atlético Nacional announced that it would change its president As of May 1, Sebastian Arango will take over his position, succeeding Mauricio Navarro.

Certainly, the reinforcements for this season were not up to par.Men like Santiago Rojas, Pablo Cibellini, Joan Castro, Bernardo Espinosa, Carlos Sierra, Daniel Mantilla, Edwin Torres and Agustín Álvarez Wallace joined the team, but none of them were able to exceed expectations.

Atletico Nacional finished in the Colombian League by defeating Deportes Tolima in the 19th round and He barely managed to add 24 points that confirmed his elimination. In the total number of Libertadores matches He won 6 matches, tied 6 and lost 9.