Juan Cruz Real is clear about it: the game model will not change, regardless of the rival he has to play against, be it Patriotas or Nacional, the team he will face tomorrow (8:15 pm), at the Atanasio Girardot, for the second League I date.
“You have to try to do it all the time, you have to be convinced that it can be done anywhere, especially in places where there is no height. We will play against a rival that has a very good payroll, like the one we have. Then it will be a matter of being convinced, of doing this in the game and going to look for the result we want, which is to win. We will have to be at our full athletic and mental potential to be able to achieve it”, the coach said yesterday at a press conference held at the Adelita de Char sports venue, after the evening training session.
“In terms of the game model, we are going to try to improve our idea, we are not going to change that. The rival also plays, there will be moments in the game that we are going to suffer and we must do it well. Regardless of the line-up, what the game model is, we will try to do the same, to attack and defend as a block. We will seek to compete at the best level, with all the complications that the game has,” he added.
Juan Cruz also analyzed the qualities of the purslane, who drew 1-1 on their visit to Cortuluá in their debut in the BetPlay I-2022 League.
“Nacional is a very good team, with good players. In any case, we respect all rivals. We know the importance of this game, as well as the previous one. It will be a complex game, in which we will have to have our maximum potential. We really want to make a good presentation in Medellín, but knowing that it will be difficult, where we have to be with the maximum potential and with great desires to win it to go in search of that”, he commented.
Lastly, the Argentine referred to striker Fernando Uribe, absent in his debut against Patriotas but a big news tomorrow in the duel against Atlético Nacional, a club he played for between 2012 and 2014, scoring 23 goals in 72 games played in all competitions. .
“Fernando is now fully recovered. We didn’t want him to participate in the game on Saturday so that he could have more time to rest, although he was already fine. God willing, he will be in the call against Nacional”, Cruz Real pointed out.
“We are analyzing that option, it is likely that we will use that rule to enable (Omar) Albornoz”, concluded the Argentine strategist when questioned about the presence of the Cartagena winger, disqualified by sanction, but who could debut taking into account the presence of Miguel Ángel Borja and Fredy Hinestroza in the Colombian National Team.
