Deportivo Cali defeated Nacional 1-2 this Wednesday in Medellín and was closer to being the finalist for the A home run of the BetPlay II-2021 League, with 10 points.
Coach Rafael Dudamel led the press conference at the Atanasio Girardot with the satisfaction that this victory brought him against the purslane. Regarding whether he is surprised with the close qualification to the final, he pointed out that “it cannot surprise me, I see them training every day, I live with them every day on the field, in concentration, and see how they have between eyebrows the champion trophy, nothing surprises me. I enjoy, I plan and they execute in such an easy, practical way, perhaps those who did not expect this from Cali may be surprised, but we who are inside, living with them day by day, what we do is with great pleasure to enjoy them every day How they raise their level, how every day they win and want to win again, they are soccer professionals and the soccer professional knows no other way but by competing, when you are able to compete at these levels, victory is much closer So I am happy to have them, as I have told them in the internship, I thank God and them for allowing them to lead them ”.
Regarding the moments of the game to know how to interpret Nacional’s resistance, he explained that “From our tactical reading, Nacional started with a 4-1-4-1, with very offensive players, when we saw that from the beginning he started with Guzmán, Inside Jarlan, Dorlan with a different leg, Candelo more extreme and Duque in attack, we knew that they were risking everything or nothing, living or dying. We had a very easy reading, we knew that we had to avoid the game on the inside, because that was where more players were going to accumulate, that they were going to try to recover after loss and that we had to recover immediately, have offensive walks that broke that first line of pressure and every time that happened with a pass we left five of their players behind the ball and hence we had clear options, perhaps we sped up a bit when making a decision when we had more field to travel and be able to make one more decision close to the rival area ”.
He added that “those first minutes from their tactical bet helped us to go up 2-0, the coach of the other team realized that he had to rebuild quickly, that in front he had a serious team that was coming for the game and not we came to speculate. Understanding their commitment to necessity, we understood it well and controlled it, then with 4-2 they circulated well, it is a team that has fantastic individualities, with a very well developed technical condition and in that rotation of the ball with Gómez and Rovira controlled it better. We had a very clear reading of those trios that could be put together by the bands, especially on their right with Candelo, Jarlan and in this case with Marulanda. They make us 2-1 with a goal from medium distance, which they work very well ”.
Regarding what happened later, he said that “in the second half I wanted to change to 4-3 to anticipate what they necessarily had to do, first to control the match on the inside, Valencia-Colorado-Balanta, there the The team stabilized, we played well, we made numerical superiority to them and then when I took out an offensive midfielder to put in a second attacker we immediately put Caldera to control it in three against two. One can have many ideas, on the blackboard we coaches never lose a game, but when you have these extraordinary players, who also have a winning, combative spirit, that ambition of a great footballer, that is simpler, we already understand each other with a look. This victory belongs to the players, I am just a facilitator ”.
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
On twitter: @marquitosgarces
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