Atlético Nacional drew 2-2 with América de Cali in a match full of emotions and mistakes for the purslane team. At the end of the game, Pompilio Páez in his third game leading from the bench, admitted the defensive errors that prevented them from winning again at Atanasio.
“Every game after the pandemic stop, we have had a lot of defensive problems. The first goal was from a direct football foul, we conceded rebounds that (Duván) Vergara took advantage of. Their second goal came from a throw-in, Vladimir (Hernández) makes a block in a safety zone that was recovered by the rival. It was a very close match and we were complicated with two goals ahead, I highlight the self-love of the players despite the mistakes of some in the passes to connect the game. Against a team with a 4-5-1 formation we generated options and in the end, football rewarded us with a draw that was not what we wanted, but at least in 20 minutes we were able to score two goals. With mistakes, with successes, there is an important union ”, he indicated.
About the process of the game, Pompilio commented that “the game was closed, especially in the first half. For me, we control the game without having a lot of attack volume. America with a player as important as Vergara, was not so influential. Fortunately, we managed to salvage a point at a very difficult time and the team continues to have offensive possibilities to achieve two goals in a short time ”.
Furthermore, “football is subjective, all the players have had the chance to play and that is a matter of taste. What it is is that, here what is worked in training, the players are trained to do it on the field of play, perhaps we sin in the choice of the group, but we know that everyone is giving their one hundred percent. Scoring goals is very difficult and at Nacional they score us very easily, with direct football, with a throw-in or with a long sequence of passes. It is no secret to anyone that we are not playing well, they are scoring us a lot, but we have the opportunity to score goals in a short time ”.
Regarding the idea of the game they want with Nacional, Páez explained that “this is a team that plays to propose, we need to have more sequence of passes. We don’t want to be like Manchester City that makes 50 passes, we are content with 15 passes. We must improve in transitions, improve the band service and in the first half we lacked offensive football. But in the second half we knew how to make a difference, we put the rival team in in the last minutes and that was important ”.
Finally, he commented on what they must reinforce so as not to go through any more hardships thinking about the rest of the League and the South American Cup. “There are several behaviors that we must improve, such as the start and connection in the middle third, we made a mistake in that second pass and give him a better destination. Surely we need more work. To make a good reaction to the loss, teams have to have a great passing sequence and we couldn’t pull it off. Normally, we must start on one side and finish on the other side. In any case, we always have to improve, we are focused on it, we analyze the errors and we will continue looking for the best for the team ”.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellin
En twitter: @juanchoserran8
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