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As Alfredo Arias, Deportivo Cali coach, did twice recently, this Friday the helmsman of América de Cali, Juan Cruz Real, complained about the poor state of the playing field at the La Independencia Stadium in Tunja.
At the same time, the Argentine valued the performance of his team and considers that this victory, with the majority of his starting players, will serve to find the path to recovery that the Colombian champion needs.
What do you think your team did to win on a difficult court? “It’s been a long time since America couldn’t win in this place, which is very difficult. I think that in addition to the field, the height, today the field is honestly not in good condition so that first division teams can play, the truth is that the players made a great effort, I give all the credit to them, it was a Hard game, as we anticipated, there was a moment when we knew how to play it, there was a moment when it cost us a little more, but the important thing, knowing that the place was difficult and America had not won here for several years, I think it was It was very important to get the three points and it was a result we needed ”.
Regarding the performance of Joel Graterol, whom they considered as a figure and the lack of defensive solidity, he expressed: “The goalkeeper is there to save and that is important that he can be there when we need him, surely we will have to look at the opponent’s scoring chances , but the rival plays and it is a complicated square, there are situations in which the ball goes faster, the ‘time’ changes for a defender, the defensive solidity when analyzed is done from the collective, not only the defensive line; But we will analyze, just as the rival had options, we too were able to score one more goal. What leaves me calm is the dedication of the players, who knew how to interpret how we had to face the game, the important thing was to win today, and the team succeeded ”.
Apart from the fact that three points were added, he was asked if he was satisfied with the offensive volume of his team: “I don’t know if many people have had to come here to Tunja and play on this pitch with high grass, that’s why I give a lot of value, this place is very difficult, in fact important teams recently came and won by a goal, the rival also plays, the important thing was to win, surely we will analyze the game and see what things to correct, we do not play on any field, here Chicó is getting stronger, a team that is fighting for relegation, that risks its life every game, it seems to me that the players understood how to face the game and how to win it, that ultimately what was important today was that ”.
Regarding whether he believes that the court conspired against the style of play of the scarlet box, he stated that “yes, especially when a team tries to elaborate the truth is that on this court it is very difficult and it is good that we won because otherwise it would seem that One puts it as an excuse, honestly it seems to me that a field like this does not help the show, when you see it without having come, watch it on television, see how the field is today, we try to play the game not how we wanted, we had to understand how to play according to the conditions of the field ”.
Regarding whether this commitment will serve to straighten the victorious path, he said that “it was important to win, in terms of recovery, there were three games, we had not been able to win yet and it is true that today we could only have all the people, we had not been able to have the whole team, we had already seen Boyacá play and we knew it was not going to be easy, obviously we hope to have a sum of matches to continue accumulating important points and in each match to be able to chain victories ”.
Meanwhile, Santiago Moreno said that “the important thing today was to win and thank God we did it, very grateful to my teammates, we ran and scored to get the three points.”
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
On twitter: @marquitosgarces
