Deportivo Cali lost again in BetPlay League and this time on his visit to National Athletic at the Atanasio Girardot stadium on date 12, he was thrashed by a score of 3-0, remaining in the penultimate position of the championship with just 8 points.
After the game against Nacional, the coach Mayer Candelo offered the press conference where he admitted his responsibility for the dismal performance of his team against the defending champion.
“I am responsible because I am the one who said that we should play like this because I put together the team that went out to play and today suddenly we did not close the line of the three central defenders that had given us results in the previous game, achieving solidity and in a short time we had to change because in 10 minutes we were already losing 2-0. We worked hard, but unfortunately it didn’t turn out the way we wanted and that made us look a little bad.”
Likewise, Mayer Candelo explained his change in the tactical system before the first half hour and confirmed that he did it to avoid more arrivals from Nacional and then have better options to reach discount.
“Nacional forced us to change because we didn’t want to change the system and we had to modify the line of four to close those spaces that we were giving to Andrade and Román, who came out very easily. The game led us to change and the reality is that we were not going to give more advantages than we were giving”, explained Candelo.
This defeat left Deportivo Cali in 19th place in the championship and they have practically no chance of qualifying for the top eight and despite having beaten Deportivo Pasto, this time they fell again and are still not convincing in their game. On date 13 he will face Cortuluá in a duel of coleros of the BetPlay League.
