All Gallardo’s phrases in conference
“We are happy with the victory, it was not an easy match against a needy rival who played with his people. It was a game that we controlled quite well from the start, we had clear arrivals until the goal, we could have opened the scoring earlier and the goal came from a stopped ball”.
“The second stage was more controlled without the quality of arrivals that we had in the first half, always threatening and the score was left open. That way you give the rival a chance to get in with an isolated play. We couldn’t finish closing the match, we had space but we didn’t make good decisions in the opponent’s area or in the definition zone. But in general, good. We got three very important points”.
“Julián Álvarez was not well. When he got off the bus he felt some headaches, discomfort, and when he went out to the warm-up he felt dizzy and we decided that he should not play because he was not fit. It was just that. With discomfort. We made a good decision, we were not going to risk a player who was not there to play. He will continue to watch. The picture that we suffer from flu and fever from various cases may be something like that, I don’t know. Let’s see how it evolves.”
“In the definition zone we were presented with spaces and times. We deserved more than just one goal. We stayed with that feeling. It’s good to continue evolving. These things have to be corrected or try to do it for what’s to come”.
“Esequiel (Barco) played a very good game, he looks better every day, looser and that’s good. He adds quality and is inserting himself well. Matías (Suárez) yes, it is a joy after five months to have had him on a court after what he suffered. He is good for us, for the team, for the fans because he returns to see a player of his hierarchy. Let’s hope that as the games go by he will add minutes”.
The value of having won without Julián and the moment of Enzo Fernández: “We had some problems to form the team in recent weeks with injuries, with very strong flu pictures and we could not give continuity to players who do need it like Nico de la Cruz, who came back last weekend and today he could not do it due to a flu picture and also needs to add competition and matches. With Enzo Pérez, David Martínez’s, there are many things. Today Palavecino played again. We are in that process and we want to have everyone active so that one can choose and the team can feel better and better”.
“We had a lot of difficulty. Luckily we have a broad squad that allows us to replace important players and others who have to adapt in that search. We hope to get through this bad run of injuries and illnesses. Throughout this time we have had to deal with this It’s good to stand out when you win and when the team responds it’s worth double, it’s a plus because with so many absences it’s good”.
“Enzo Fernández’s level is the growth of a player who, match after match, keeps going strong, taking steps forward, a very, very complete player. Let’s not lose sight of the fact that he is a young player, who has been making a lot of merits to continue standing out in a team that goes in search of collective functioning and that I like to stand out within the functioning. That the players stand out because they take flight on their own, and he is one. But we have to continue because this is just starting, they have to be aware of that it has to maintain this level and continue to evolve”.
The clash with Laferrere for the Argentine Cup: “We are going to see which players are in the best condition to play. What is convenient to give minutes to some others who did not have it and that others recover well to play. I’ll see these days.”
Directions to Juanfer: “I felt the claim. It was more than anything because we had time to try to close the game with another goal and we gave him a lot of chances. We had possibilities and in that quest to be calmer so as not to get too tight, it was precisely the need to express ourselves and try to score another goal. That was it, the insistence to make better decisions in that final stretch. Not just him but everyone. And Barco comes from minor to major, he is settling down, he is assuming that he plays with confidence every time and is a player who will end up being very important for us, but accompanying him. For him to feel more and more loose so that he is the unbalancing player that he can be.”
“In the first five games we have a lot to give. But I also mention the problems we had: many players out, hit, who can’t catch continuity of play and that is an impediment to the evolution we want.
“It’s the fifth game, we’re adding points, trying not to lose in this start, not to leave so many points on the way to recover them at the end. He has us well in this start. We can give a lot more”.
“We didn’t have any frights in the game, we controlled it. In the first half because of the good quality of arrivals we had, because we converted and we didn’t have any shocks beyond the penalty. And in the ST the idea that we had to close the game with some other goal we could not do it and that when you leave a controlled game open you can suffer it at the end.
“When we need a specific position, we choose. Sánchez was there and we decided to add him to training, but for nothing in particular. We are always observing youth players because we have them visualized and they come to give it. Enzo Pérez is fine, it was not a very serious injury, so let’s hope that by the end of next week I would be in a position to add training sessions with the team”.
The contribution of Casco and Elías Gómez: “Really, he plays right-handed, but he manages both legs very normally… I take the possibility that I have two players who each contribute their characteristics to me for certain games. I can opt for Elías Gómez, but for today I opted for Milton because I have that possibility, that variant. But in the games that are going to be presented I need those issues that have to do with managing minutes. We play with long-distance wingers and that generates wear and tear. And I have to reach a point in competition managing minutes, a good load, that’s what I’m in. That’s what the semester will be about.”
