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Gonzalo espinoza gave the tie to University of Chile before Colo Colo in the last Super classic with a left-footed shot that found a weak response from Brayan Cortés. It was at the beginning of the second half and it seemed that it would help the Blues to turn the commitment, but finally everything was in a draw.
A day later, the Bulldog analyzed his goal. “It was not a nice goal but it is worth the same as a Chilean goal. I wanted to hit him cross, but it was a ball that entered slowly, with suspense. The hitch was good. When I saw that Leo (Valencia) was playing, I hooked him and he was left to finish off the goal. It was just that the goalkeeper was covered and I hit him crossed, so he entered slowly, he (Brayan Cortés) wanted to look for vision and the ball could enter. That gave us an emotional boost ”, he revealed to Todos Somos Técnicos from CDF.
Furthermore, he explained why he pointed his head looking at Hernan Caputto at that moment. “He made me like that, you had to have intelligence and I repeated the gesture, nothing more, it was not for him”He stressed when stating that he shared with his coach the fact that they had to dominate with a cold mind from that moment on.
Gonzalo Espinoza celebrates his goal against Colo Colo in the Superclásico. | Photo: Nicolás Maldonado, U de Chile press
On the drought of triumphs before the dawns, Espinoza said “I don’t know, for quite some time we have played great games with Colo Colo and we cannot put that final stitch that we have had many times. At the Monumental we also had it and we lost it at the last minute. Are moments. You have to liquidate this type of game because players like Paredes touch one and score the goal ”.
“The analysis is with a bit of anger, because of how the second half happened. We could have done a lot more and we couldn’t get it done. The goal was scored at the beginning, we began to have more the ball, in general we were superior to Colo Colo but this happens that already happened to us last semester: not specifying the options. (…) I was surprised by how closed Colo Colo was (…) But we must not go crazy, since we have completed more this year than last year. We cannot go crazy for a game, we have to be calm, “he added about the game.
Asked about the development of the first half as opposed to the second, the midfielder said that “Hernán asked to go out and win it, that the game was winnable because of how it looked. He asked me to come in to get more, to have the ball, to secure the ball forward. At times I did. Colo Colo was very close, we had a lot of play with the centrals, but we did find a lot on the wings ”.
He also said that his substitute status does not bother him and that he struggles to reverse it. “The chances of being a starter are the same for everyone. We have a crowded midfield, with very good players who have done well. It is rich to have competition like this, because it makes you work better. I always work to be a starter, he saw me well in the week and he has told me, keep it up, “he said.
Finally, Espinoza commented on his style that “I grew up in soccer in Argentina and there more friction is allowed, it is stronger. I work on that, that although I have a strong leg, it is never with bad intention. You have to go to the winner yes, my position is about that. Espinoza will always try to play on the edge, giving everything of himself. I have to calm down yes in some plays, although I am always full on each ball ”.
