Coach Alfredo Arias highlighted the performance of Deportivo Cali in the 1-0 victory over Golden Eagles, which kept him in the lead of the BetPlay I-2021 League with 16 points. It was not easy, because again it failed in the definition, although it generated more than 20 arrivals to the arc of Carlos Bejarano, who left Palmaseca as a great figure. The goal for Michell Ramos in the 41st minute of the compliment gave peace of mind to add a new victory and retain the lead.
On the fact for his team, he said that “the balance is good as long as you win it’s good, apart from it’s good because we played against a very good team, which defended well, with many men near its arc, but then The merit of my players is the courage to look for the goal and attack the whole game, we have 23 shots in favor and the opponent 3, but not because the opponent would not want to attack or because he did not attack, but because we continuously exerting pressure from the first line of attack to the second, and reaching our area, which made it difficult for the rival to finish, this last play.And this is what allows the team to have the ‘bow at zero, good balance, let’s go, we have to improve, but the balance is good for the team I have brave “.
As for the player who asked to replace Agustín Palavecino, who left for River Plate, he noted that “as for replacing Palavecino I already gave my opinion, beware, I did not give it untimely or so that it occurred to me, I was asked from the board if I was thinking of a name and say the name I thought might come, but this as everything is a decision made by the club, it is not just the my desire that prevails here, there are many other aspects that the club will have to analyze, I give in what it seems to me sportingly that by going 15 goals, we should be able to make up for not suffering, but eye, the players who are doing well, the ones who stay, if no one comes, they will make an effort, they will give their all, and we will see “.
Referring to the operation he found with the changes, he explained that “in the first half we were very good on the outside and overflowed many times, but sometimes I was very alone to define this ball, both frontally in the second balls or in the first Ángelo almost always arrived, and several stayed there and we didn’t have the necessary weight to put it in, we did everything right, we overflowed, we overflowed, but Ángelo was left alone fighting against the two defenses, I thought that the second time maybe I could repeat this, it wasn’t repeated so much, we didn’t overflow so much in the second half, but we did get more inside and I tried to put two points so that if Ángelo came and the ball went over Marc could come and vice versa, I tried to put a little more offensive weight, already Ramos because little by little he met his physique, his football and looking for the goal, the shot from outside the area, which he achieved very well , or that we also had a finisher behind us “.
Meanwhile, left-back Darwin Andrade, argued that “the important thing was the victory, today I had the opportunity to be captain, I always try to be a positive leader for my teammates, to support them, I know that Juan Camilo and Hernán have been doing very well as captain, and the important thing is that the team wins, we are always solid and continue on this path, which is very good. “
Cali will defend its undefeated and led on Wednesday 17 February (8:10) against Junior at the Metropolitan Stadium.
Marc Antoni Garcés
Futbolred correspondent
Cali
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