The unexpected dart of Sebastián Battaglia to the Football Council after the elimination of Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores

* Battaglia’s analysis after the stumble on penalties

“You try to do the best with the team you have, the boys made a great effort, today we deserved and we didn’t pass, they are things that football has and you have to know how to understand. In the series the team was superior”. thus analyzed Sebastian Battaglia the elimination of Boca Juniors from Libertadores Cup. The Xeneize fell 6-5 on penalties against Corinthians after both 0-0 in the round of 16 bracket and, in effect, made merits to prevail in the 180 minutes. But at the same time he lacked ideas to break the trap of the cast from São Paulo, which had goalkeeper Cássio as a great hero.

“It is a defeat that hurts, because one of the objectives, and a very important one, is the Copa Libertadores, and the idea was to get as far as possible and we stayed on the road. This continues, the club deserves to respond day by day and fight all the competitions that lie ahead. What happened is in the past, it’s going to hurt, but we’re in a club that deserves to move on”, he stated about the mark that the stumble will leave, at a press conference in which he appeared together with Carlos Izquierdoz.

It was in this context that he threw an unexpected dart at the Football Council that he heads Juan roman riquelme. It happened when they asked him if the club should have been more “aggressive” in the transfer market. “Yes, surely it could have been sped up, there are issues that one raises, and from then on they should be resolved in the time they should be resolved and they were not resolved. Important guys have left, but they are situations that I do not handle”, surprised. Who are you referring to in terms of lost capital? Everything indicates that Edward Salviowho emigrated to Pumas from Mexico and left him without a replacement in the far right position.

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How to keep the squad motivated after losing the ultimate goal

“The players are intelligent and they know that in the club they are in, this was a very important objective, it is like that, but there are two tournaments ahead of us and we have to compete to the fullest because the club deserves that”.

Why Benedetto kicked the fifth penalty after failing in the 90′

“The decision was his, he was confident and we give everyone confidence. Today he could not be given. It’s those nights when things don’t work out.”

* The failures of Pipa, under the magnifying glass of the DT

Do you think that the merits will count in the balance?

“Nobody is going to talk about the forms, they are going to remember that Boca was left out, even though the satisfaction and pride of what the boys left on the field is inside me, but this is football.”

Why didn’t you make more changes to the plugin

“They defended themselves, we had to be smart and keep zero on our goal. Although they did not advance so much, we wanted not to expose ourselves. We played with a team that dedicated itself only to blocking our paths. Opportunities came to us from the sides. We couldn’t open the scoring, if we did, the game would be different”.

* The penalty shootout at La Bombonera

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