Agonizing victory of Millionaires at the close of the date 13. The ambassador set suffered heaps in front of an orderly Juniorbut the still ball and Richard Celis They arrived as the saviors of the homeowner.
At a press conference, the coach Alberto Gamero He congratulated his team for their patience, analyzed the key points of the match and gave details regarding what is on the calendar for his team.
Here are their statements:
Complicated rival – We knew that Junior would raise a game of these. It was much more difficult for us with a midfielder and two interiors, they blocked us half with that additional mixed midfielder. We were not clear with the ball. Junior blocked spaces and we did not find clarity. In the second half we had a little more centralized Mackalister and Sosa behind the midfielder, because they were throwing themselves to my sides. They already received clearer. We knew that they would have a block and it was going to cost us because it is a good team. I liked that we always had the initiative, we wanted to attack and we knew they were going to counterattack us with the wingers, but we controlled them. In the first half there were no clear arrivals, for the second we analyzed the match, it was not clear and we won it with a quiet ball, which we worked on during the week with many variants. We had I think 11-12 corner kicks.
Variations throughout the duel – I can’t despair because if I want clarity and I don’t have it, I have to look for variants: Sosa on the left, Ruíz on the right. I try to vary with themselves on the court. Already in the second half we realize that we did not arrive in the middle but with speed from the outside. With that Sosa felt calmer in the middle. We are not going to despair, he told my assistant. It crossed my mind to put two forwards, but there wouldn’t have been space, it would be pure ball and that’s why I held on for so long. When you have that kind of players, you look for them to improve themselves in walking. We must recognize Junior’s work, we face a great team. In the first half I got annoyed with them because we had prepared some things for the quiet ball and we did others; already in the second half we improved. You had to take the ball to the sides and throw centers there. The important thing is that everything is trained.
Colombia National Team Dream – The happiness I have today is having reached Millionaires and doing a project with the directors that is going well, the title is missing but it is not easy. I like to have Millonarios fighting for the first places, this year we have been riding and leading. It makes me happy. For the National Team I am not desperate, I send a hug of solidarity to Reinaldo Rueda because he tried to take us to the World Cup and could not. I know of the moment that must be happening. I send hugs and strength to him and his family. In the National Team today there is a coach called Reinaldo Rueda. God knows when he does his thing, I’m not desperate. I can’t aspire right now when there is a compatriot there that I support.
Little clarity from Ruíz, Sosa and Mackalister – It is not that they have exceeded, today we found a Junior in a medium-low block and because of the space where they were there were more people. They even gave us the sides. The sides received and when internalizing clarity was lost. There are times when the player has a round night, as there are times when it is cloudy. There is no despair, I know that my players play well, there are games in which they are not, but they are the ones who have to lead the team and there is the confidence that is given to them. We won but we made mistakes and we are going to correct them. It was won and not everything is rosy, there are mistakes to correct, things to improve and keep emphasizing when the teams put themselves in a medium-low block to know how to react.
