The Colombian National Team could not take advantage, again, of the results of others and ended a vital opportunity to head to the World Cup next year. This time, Paraguay was his executioner in Barranquilla.
As it happened against Ecuador, the coffee growers could not break zero and keep adding one point at a time. In this regard, David Ospina expressed at a press conference the sadness of the group for not achieving the result and analyzed what was the development of the meeting.
Here are his statements:
Arbitration – I prefer not to discuss this issue with the referees. We always want things to be done well, since it is left to each person if they did their job well. We have to continue concentrating on our matches and on what remains of the Playoffs.
Bad results – It’s a bit strange. Today in the game, Colombia went out to look for its result, imposed the conditions of the game, but unfortunately we are missing that final stitch. The power to specify is important in this kind of game, in this Eliminatory which is very complicated. If we see today, there are 4-5 teams fighting to enter the top five, now we have to think about the four games that we are missing, that we continue to depend on us and continue working to be able to achieve victory and goals.
Pressure for victory – It is normal that in the end you want to lash out with everything, at that moment there may be a bit of disorganization due to the desire to seek the result, the desire to win. That was what we did in the end, they with one less. In the end we couldn’t find that goal that would give us all three points.
They don’t win at home – It is frustrating because we prepare very well, we have great players, we are with our people, we want to give them joy, but this National Team always gives itself and gives its best. Unfortunately we are not counting on that luck of finding the goal. Today we continue to depend on ourselves and that is very important. We continue to think about taking Colombia to the World Cup, it is what we want and we are going to give it to the end. We have to face each game that comes as a final.
Group self-criticism – Before making a self-criticism, the first thing is to continue giving confidence to our forwards. We know that we have great scorers who have a great time in their clubs, but that they have lacked that fortune in the National Team. But we have 100% confidence in them, we have to keep trying, create goal options and the goal will come.
What was missing to score – We wanted to close with the three points. With Ecuador it was a more disputed match, very complex, complicated in the middle of the field. Colombia from the beginning created occasions, we always had possession of the ball, in front we had a combative rival and a new coaching staff. We couldn’t in that final stitch.
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