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The captain, the leader, the head of the America de Cali dressing room, Gustavo Adrián Ramos, does not have time to think about parties or Christmas because in his mind today there is only the final: “it’s strange, like all this year, many are on vacation but we are in the final, we are very happy and working day by day in the best possible way “.
For the veteran scorer, who has been key in these final phases and has scored 9 goals, the days have been squeezed to get to the appointment this Sunday (6:00 pm) with Santa Fe, in the second leg of the League final : “We work on the concepts and the idea of the game, there is an advantage but this is football. We face the best team of the year, a very strong local team, and we cannot fail.
The game that awaits in El Campín
As we have faced all the games, with a winning mentality, look for our options, score goals and put the game in our favor, but it is difficult, we know what Santa Fe has done this year, but we try to play our thing … They have always seen an America that seeks the opposite goal, that brought us to this instance, we will go to the front, hopefully we will have a good game
The ‘danger’ of 3-0
We have to think about our game and know that what was done was left behind, when the game starts we have to go to win, warn ourselves responsibly, be the strong team that fights for every ball. I think about my team, about our work, making a better game here for everything it generates and looking for a good result. The venue will not weigh so much without an audience, but ours has to be looking for the opposite goal.
His past in Santa Fe
My time there when the teacher Gareca took me, he took me but then I no longer had the opportunity to play, but that helps this present player.
The memory of the 2008 champion
You learn to handle situations, but the tension, the excitement of winning a title is always there, knowing that you have to prepare. The first final that year we had a very strong team but that desire to resolve the game in the first 90 minutes made us make mistakes that Chicó took advantage of and already in Tunja we went to penalties and we had no luck. But then we were more mature to handle the situation and that made us champions.
The distrust
There were criticisms, they considered us eliminated, but you have to know how to get out of those situations. The team was always very competitive, eliminating Nacional made us look different outside but we always believed, beyond the results.
Suspicions for the covid
It is that we work the same as everyone else, many of us have already been given, God knows when it’s your turn, but some of us had in the middle of the tournament, others finishing and that is not controlled by anyone, no doctor and you have to overcome it, we did it too. We are blessed to be complete by the finals and we just think we are 90 minutes away from taking a big step.
The secret of high blood pressure
We have worked well, this has been everyone’s effort. The teachers give us a good idea, they prepare us physically, we work it physically and mentally to be able to perform.
Veterans and youth
We have young players with a lot of quality, who have the desire for success and who know how to listen. They know they give us a lot, we talk about everything and they put everything at the service of the team and that is why things go well. Things have been going well all year, it’s a good time. The preparation, the experience of everyone, the coaching staff and the players, allows us to help the team.
Costume leader
I am always at the service of the team, I try to show with work, support the team, prepare myself. When one has lived through so many situations and sees players who open space and need advice or support, I listen to them, there I am and here we all learn, we have a good combination of veterans and young people.
Retirement in America
I feel like it, knowing that I can contribute and as long as it is like that I will play. I thought I would come for six months and retire but play until I can contribute, football is ours for you and makes the decisions for you. Today we are in a final. Today I just think we have a final, fight it and win it.
The change in Colombian football in 11 years
At the football level there is much more intensity than in my time. Administratively, he improved a lot, but it is about patience and wanting to improve. In my time there were clubs that did not pay, I lived it in America and that changed. Hopefully decisions continue to be made for the benefit of the players. I left with a club in a difficult situation but it is different today, it can improve and it will be better with time.
The exits of Segovia and Sierra
We all come with the illusion of playing but the teacher makes decisions, only eleven play and this year everyone’s work has been seen. Last year they were important but today there is another reality, without demeaning them, other players took advantage of their moment and we are in the final, which is the important thing.
Message to American fans
That they support us as always, that they know that we are going to fight those 90 minutes for the title, but thinking that the virus is there, that we have to take care of ourselves and our families, try to be very calm, this happens through the American fan and that of Santa Fe. Life and health are ahead of everything, which is the most important thing.
