With the hangover of the elimination in the Colombia Cup against Deportes Tolima, Atlético Nacional turned the page and now focuses on the League, where it will visit La Equidad in Zipaquirá next Monday, an inhospitable square with an unusual schedule for the Championship games, like 2 in the afternoon.
After the calm and a little more reflective spirits, Jefferson Duque and Alexandre Guimarães spoke with the media, where they revealed details of the last meeting and what follows for the planning of the next meetings.
“What was said, what was said in the dressing room and the Cup was left behind, we have another objective and against Equidad we are going to play in a difficult place, but we have to win it. What was said at a press conference, I told them before the group. Tolima won well, he was superior. We know that the season is just beginning, we must put in a little more, starting with me. Each one does their own evaluation, correct mistakes and move forward, “said Duque.
In addition, “I did not make my statements out of bad faith or to look good, we lost the opportunity to play a final and we need a reaction from the group. The message was taken well by the players, this is about running, scoring and that’s what waiting for the fans “.
For his part, Guimarães stressed that the previous game served him to gather information to correct in the next games. “The game in Ibagué was very important to see the fiber of the players when it came to playing that kind of game. We had made variations, at half time we did others and during the second half. That information that we collected leaves us in detail These games can go to us. That is why we must correct so that it does not happen to us again. “
Regarding the idea of the game, the coach declared that “they have it, we are looking for the form of each of the players. When observing the squad, we seek that those who are in better shape, can perform on the field. We must give them rhythm with the passing of the games. We are looking for compensation in each game and little by little we are seeing an improvement. Against Tolima, in both goals, they made us from set pieces. Against Santa Fe we got more in plays with their two forwards , the evolution in that aspect is very good ”.
The purslane team will continue training at their sports headquarters in Llanogrande and on Sunday they will travel to Zipaquirá to play their third game of the 2021 season.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellin
En twitter: @juanchoserran8
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