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Catholic University He was never found in his field on Tuesday night and he paid dearly for it. He was agonizingly defeated 3-1 to Velez Sarsfield and said goodbye to South American Cup 2020 in the quarterfinals.
However, Ariel holan, the coach of the Crusaders, despite the fall, assured that the team will learn from what they suffered against the Argentines. And he recalled a promise he made upon arriving at the club in early 2020.
“Beyond the sadness and pain we have to lose the illusion of continuing to grow and advance in the cup, at the beginning of the year, before starting the Libertadores, I said that something that generated controversy: not wanting to participate, but to compete. And the team was very competitive internationally “, said.
“You can compete outside, you can keep up. Today we had to lose, before a great team, which on balance was better than us, but it leaves us many lessons in the face of everything that lies ahead, “added the UC coach.
A player who was surprised in the attack was his scorer, Fernando Zampedri, who missed the duel by getting infected with COVID-19. In his replacement he entered Diego Valencia, that was very far from supplying it. And that Holan defended from criticism.
“The importance of Zampedri within the team cannot be ignored, but it would be unfair not to recognize Diego’s effort today. He is a youthful boy, who is making his first weapons internationally, and I feel that he fulfilled. Fernando will be available from the 20th of this month “, Held.
