The coach of the Catholic University, Ariel Holan, valued the victory of the ‘crusaders’ in Montevideo by 1-2, in a match valid for the first leg of the round of 16 of the South American Cup, although he clarified that “the key is not closed.”

“Winning is always good, scoring goals too, winning as a visitor in the cup has a lot of value, but the key is not closed. River is a very tough team and we have to finish the job ”, assured.

Regarding the absence of Germán Lanaro at the last minute, he clarified that “he is a footballer with a lot of experience. It is very important for us. We thought of a strategy that we had to change, because the news of Germán came to us when we were giving the talk. The important thing is that he is well ”.

Those of the foothills will have several days off since the national tournament will not be played this weekend for the primary elections.

“It helps a lot, because we come with a tremendous run and this is good to recover physically and mentally,” added Holan.

Consequently with the sayings of Holan, Luciano Aued leaves the euphoria of triumph and maintains that “Let’s go step by step. We do not think beyond Thursday. It’s another ending. It’s going to be tough against a team that played a great game. We do not think beyond the return ”.

The return will be on Thursday in San Carlos de Apoquindo, in Santiago.