After being champion, Deportivo Cali lost the two games it played. What does Raphael Dudamel say? The call is for calm and having to react right now.
He said so at a press conference. After the fall in Montería with Jaguares, the Verdiblanco team fell at home against Deportes Tolima. Without points, he is at the bottom of the standings. That is taken by the DT as an important wake-up call, without reaching the point of despair. He said so at a press conference.
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Raphael Dudamel’s answers
-“Looking deep into what we are experiencing is to understand that these moments in football are very bitter because we are having adversities that are not normal for the champion or for our team. Having a lot of youth makes us, in these types of stages, know that we must have patience. Today there are neglects that did not exist last semester. We are aware that we have to quickly return to maximum focus so that this does not continue to happen. We continue with the peace of mind and the confidence that we are on the right path. That is having made a plan according to the short time we have had for the boys to rest a little. Players who provided stability due to their experience and hierarchy have left. We are replacing them. In the middle of the tournament we are looking for our best form. There is no need to make drama but internally we will not stop working and insisting. This is going to straighten and stabilize accordingly.”
-“In the first line of flyers there is a very important mark left by the footballers who are no longer there. Today is the turn of Balanta, Robles, Cabezas, Congo, Camargo and Sebastián Leyton has joined them. It requires days of work, games played together to bond. It has important offensive characteristics and there we are going to find that they complement each other very well with one that has a more defensive cut. Today he wanted, in adversity, to add and show his credentials. I think it was fine. The game with the score down led us to not produce much game volume and to be very vertical. There he does not enter his best version because it does not allow him to join the area. It has good displacement to the rival area. He is going to adapt and adapt to his teammates. It will give us a lot. It’s a matter of time so that in this period of adaptation he achieves the best synchrony with the rest of the group”.
-“We are already rolling in this competition and the games are going to give us the best shape. This is play, take back, play, take back. Mosquera is going to reach his best condition. It will be a great contribution. Jhon Vásquez is reaching his complete recovery. Preciado will return, as will Angelo. The whole team will reach its best version. We finished the previous year with the title and that caused us great physical and emotional wear. You have to recharge fast. We ended the year empty. These couple of adverse results give us a huge slap in the face to realize that we have to come back now”.
