Carlos Caszely: “If Esteban Paredes did not arrive, Colo Colo would be in B five years ago”

Several repercussions had the triumph of Colo Colo against Peñarol for the Copa Libertadores. In that sense, an authorized voice to talk about it is Carlos Caszely, who did not skimp on praise for Esteban Paredes, one of the figures of the meeting.

In conversation with Sports in Agriculture he stated that “the first half was very indecent, the second was a little more decent with the entry of (Leonardo) Valencia. I was surprised that Mati Fernández did not enter. Peñarol is a mediocre team, without blood, but the good thing is that Colo Colo won it well ”.

Regarding individual performances, he expressed that “I have always said that (Pablo) Mouche as a left pointer is great, but when he goes to the right wing he does nothing. While, Marcos Bolados is a sprinter more than a footballer, but that allowed him to generate the penalty ”.

Also, when asked if this team has options to fight in the continental tournament, he said that “we must not fool anyone: we can spend a round in the Libertadores, but nothing more. It’s very difficult to get excited about repeating 91 ‘. Colo Colo has to worry about getting where it can, but the main objective is to improve locally ”.

And on the general situation of the Popular, he mentioned that “Colo Colo has lost his spirit and that is not the fault of (Gualberto) Jara or the squad. Corporations are doing a lot of damage ”.

Praise for Esteban Paredes

But that was not all, because he only had great words to highlight the gunner Albo, since this Tuesday he became the top Chilean scorer in the Copa Libertadores by reaching 23 annotations.

“It is Esteban Paredes and ten more in the team, it is undoubted. Many criticize him and call him old, but he is the only one who knows how and when to run. Yesterday I think he lost just two balls (…) If Paredes had not arrived, Colo Colo would be in the Second Division five years ago“, he pointed.

In addition, he had comments about the lack of a forward who can replace Paredes and was categorical: “I’m going to defend (Nicolás) Blandi. It is true that he has not scored goals, but how many balls with advantage does he get when he plays? Except for the one that failed against U, he generally receives his back to the goal in the few minutes he plays ”.

Finally, he repeated again that Gualberto Jara must continue to command the first team until the end of the season and he charted it as follows: “Must stay until the end, because any DT they bring in is a smoke seller, because if it goes badly he will say: ‘I did not put together this team, the team was worn out.

“Universidad Católica won this tournament by far, maybe the Spanish Union can get in, but Colo Colo is not there to fight him and he is not going to go down to First B, because it has the points of last season, so you have to stop putting those fears to the players, “he said.