Deportivo Independiente Medellín fell 0-1 with Internacional from Brazil, for the third date of group E in the 2022 South American Cup. At the end of the match, Julio Comesaña valued the way his coaches had competed and criticized the way the game was cut in the “colorado” of Porto Alegre.
“As the second half progressed, we were able to improve, we generated a good game, it wasn’t what we intended, but we circulated the ball well against the Brazilians. We rushed having the ball, we were imprecise. The match was hard fought, we could win or draw too, it is a defeat without reproaches, the players made a great effort”, he indicated.
As for the rival, Comesaña explained that “they scored the goal when we were dominating the game, football is so changed that before, when the Brazilians were winning, they didn’t lend you the ball anymore. You have to accept this defeat, they ended like October 9, wasting time, throwing themselves to the ground, that’s the only thing that displeased me, but I don’t question their victory. They won, they scored a goal and we couldn’t”.
Regarding the presence of Edwar López on the pitch, Julio explained that “Edwar López was ready to play for a while without any problem. We took the wrong path, it is a winger that had to be played with more. You have to use it as it should. We seek to create a society that could not be generated, the intention was different, the effect we wanted did not occur”.
Thinking about what is coming on the three fronts, Comesaña specified that “I cannot talk about the individual and collective evaluation of the game in a hasty way, there are things that I must analyze much more, to find conclusions. There are things that I have clear, others not so many, we always have to improve. I’m calm, I’m not happy, we haven’t lost for a long time. It is not a game to reproach the players, it was a normal process. The team didn’t stop fighting, trying and that’s football”.
Finally, he highlighted the accompaniment of those close to 4,000 fans who traveled from Medellín to follow the powerful. “To the fans of the team they have my respect, they made a great effort to accompany us, unfortunately we did not achieve victory. I have the feeling that there is some tragedy, we lost a game, as we won or tied, but it is nothing serious, but people speak from their emotion. If it’s positive, they talk a lot because we won, if it’s negative, they have the pain of defeat and get angry with everyone.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Pereira
On Twitter: @juanchoserran8
