The Paraguayan Javier Báez He had in his right foot the possibility of giving the victory to the Junior over America by executing the maximum penalty they committed to Teófilo Gutiérrez, in the 31st minute of the second half.
The Juniorist Central Defense was encouraged so much to kick that, from the first moment, he grabbed the ball and did not let him remove from his compatriot Guillermo Paivawho had already marked a penalty in Bucaramanga and also had intentions to collect.
However, Báez stayed wanting to shout his first goal with the shirt of the Junior After Santiago Silva guessed and stopped his shot, thrown halfway from the right post of the arch defended by the American goalkeeper.
Báez, who had succeeded in the penalty shootout against Americain the South American Cup match, he declared himself guilty that Junior did not add the three points that the League leaders had given him again.
“I am the only one responsible for we have not won the game, I had a penalty that I did not know how to take advantage of it, my colleagues made a giant effort, the people wet to come to the court and we could not give him a joy because of me.”Báez said in the mixed area.
“César (Farías) and the entire coaching staff backed me from the first moment, but I feel responsible for not having the three points. I have nothing more to say”the Paraguayan added.
The comfort that left Báez was that Junior created goal occasions against America, although he could not realize them to take the victory.
“We arrived many times to the opposite arc, that speaks very well of the team, we had the ball, but unfortunately we could not get the goal, which was what we lacked”.
In the press conference, the coach César Farías He supported Báez by pointing out that he was a good collector and that, like him, great players had thrown penalties.
“Báez has a long career charging penalties and having a high effectiveness, but, like any penalty collector failed. Michel Platini failed, Zico failed, Maradona failed, we saw those great players err. To fail a penalty you have to stand in front of the ball, sometimes it is so and today we could not conquer it”said the Venezuelan helmsman.
