Marcelo Ortiz has played 23 games this semester with Santa Fe, the Argentine missed some games at the beginning of the semester due to a paperwork issue and until the fourth date he was able to start, from then on he never left the position and became a key piece of the Bogotá defense that has barely received 13 goals. The 30-year-old central defender spoke at the VBar from Caracol Radio and made it clear that in Ibagué they did not go out to speculate.
The Argentine started talking about the goal that served to increase the advantage at the Manuel Murillo Toro, He highlighted Chaverra’s center and stated that he knew he had to attack the near post. “I had the opportunity there to make the second, at a crucial moment for them and for us, it served to give the team the victory, very happy with that (…) Without a doubt, they are practices, experiences, they are the years, In the particular case of the goal, having Chaverra against his leg, a closed cross could fall, It fell just right for me, I looked for the best timing, I looked for the most powerful shot, it served for the victory.”
“I don’t think it will be such a close final”
Ortiz assured that, to win the title, it will be difficult to face a rival like Bucaramanga, with whom he believes they have many things in common. “It is going to be a very tough final, we are two teams with similar characteristics in a certain sense, it is also 180 minutes, we know it will be a long final. Hold on to our virtues, strengthen what we lack, but without a doubt we will continue as we did in these home runs, with that insistence of searching for home and away, starting from the back to the front, I hope we can maintain it.”
He also added that, “They are two teams with similar characteristics, especially defensively, but we also have our weapons in attack, Of course our numbers support us in defense, but in Ibagué many thought that we would defend ourselves, but we managed to win by creating situations, I don’t think the final will be so close.”
And he took the opportunity to remember the time they faced each other in the League in Bogotá, where they lost. “I remember the match against Bucaramanga in the all against all, We were in the process of rebuilding the squad, we were playing in a different system than the current one, these are moments, both for us and for them. Bucaramanga also grew throughout the tournament, they are going to be even games.”
From faith, to the work done by Peirano
Marcelo stated that, since he joined the team, he had never had a spiritual experience like the one he is experiencing now and that in addition to that, What has been done by the coaching staff has been key to being the best FPC team today in terms of numbers and performance.
“It is the first time that I have had to be in a group like this, because of my culture, But since I have been here, if we hold on, those of us who came from elsewhere were shown the path of faith.“Daniel Torres paved the way, he implemented the path apart from football, the group adapted and grasped it very well, it helps a lot mentally, that faith with which we face the games,” Ortiz added.
Humility and sacrifice have been important to land the idea of DT. “We worked on it, partly the idea from a football perspective, we have a coaching staff and that is the characteristic, in some games we did not find that consistency, perhaps we did not have that humility, that sacrifice to win the games, we began to realize that we relaxed, we stopped running and pushing like we do here at home, the truth is that we suffered and suffered a lot, we lost several matches because of that, The group does not relax, that gives you personality and character for these games.”
Agüero’s injury and the definition of Group A
“We still don’t know anything about Facundo Agüero, “He felt a contracture where he had it the last time, he left because he didn’t take risks and because of the context of the match, we had to be at 100% in the match, he has been giving everything to be in the finals, we still don’t know any diagnoses,” reported the advocate.
Finally, he gave his vision on the definition of the other home run. “We knew that the other group was very even, it could be resolved between anyone who had a chance, the candidate in a final is 50-50, Of course we trust in what we have, we know that they are one of the best teams in the tournament, the numbers are there, the statistics are there, but all of this has to be demonstrated on the field, if not the work is in vain, we will have to prove ours in the end”.
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