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In the last 10 games between Atlético Nacional and Deportes Tolima, the pijao beat him eight times against a win for the purslane and a draw. The 100th home game for Juan Carlos Osorio in the Antioquia team will be a bitter memory for the malfunction of a team that wandered in the Atanasio field. At the end of the game, the ‘mister’ accepted his mistakes and showed many doubts and few immediate answers for a Nacional that does not start and is close to leaving the group of eight in the League.
“I must give credit to Hernán (Torres) and his group, they surpassed us in a good way, they supported the idea of the game that identifies them with direct play and creating goal options with transitions from defense to attack. I was wrong, I set the game wrong, I chose the group wrong and a team that is forceful, that is consistent with its idea of the game and that our League is the way most teams play, won us, “he said.
Further, “the questioning is to our form, our idea, our model, our principles, to improve and reflect on whether or not we are going to continue with our idea of the game and how we can improve it. Because any team that plays with an idea like Tolima’s, we will be exposed. Tolima is the most athletic team in Colombian soccer, we are far from being equally athletic like them and in the end, I think that was the most important factor ”.
When asked about the visitor’s way of playing compared to the one he presented in this meeting, Osorio pointed out that “the way Tolima is very marked and how goals are achieved in Colombian football. Our idea is different, now we have to reconsider, question ourselves and try to change, improve or complement it so as not to be so exposed. The two goals were in throw-ins where we were in numerical superiority of a player. I think they could beat us by more goals. Undoubtedly, the credit belongs to Hernán (Torres), we have a deep reflection ”.
The Risaraldense strategist showed some mistakes that his managers had. “We did not compete as we expected, we were vulnerable in their serves and we succumbed in the physical part of Tolima. Against a rival like Tolima, with such strong center-backs in man to man, the best option was to have two forwards ‘9’, in the middle we put the two most athletic midfielders we have. It seems to me that it would be to enter the space of mutual help where I think we succumbed and in the space of balancing the team and compensating for it, I think we were very fearful ”.
Regarding the amount of wasted centers and corner kicks that ended up as balls for the opponent, Juan Carlos commented that “the centers for playing with two ‘9’ and the idea was to compete in aerial football. On the corner kicks, the team went into despair in the last 20 minutes, where the stopped ball was not made as we had planned and if we invited its goalkeeper to stand out in the air game.
On what his team is missing so that he can amend the course after returning to the competition, Osorio expressed with a “I don’t know that answer”, added to the fact that “the list would be very long, I am concerned about the whole team and we have improve in all aspects ”. To make matters worse, next Saturday he receives Envigado, one of the teams that is showing the best football after returning and that always complicates the greens.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellin
On twitter: @ juanchoserran8
