The coach of Real Cartagena, Alberto Suárez, appeared at a press conference after the 2-0 defeat against Huila. He stated that football wanted the definition to go until the last date, that it is not fair to put all the blame on Jhon Valencia, that whatever happens they have to go to Bogotá to win, that the lack of a goal is a universal problem and He cited Borussia Dortmund against Real Madrid in the Champions League final as an example, and asserted that Luis Sandoval’s departure is a decision that does not have to be explained.
FOOTBALL DECIDED THAT WE GO UNTIL THE LAST DATE. «The group is alive and there are three teams with possibilities. What happened is that football decided that we should go until the last date. We wanted to get three points and go home calmly, and try to qualify in one of the two remaining games, but Orsomarso did his job and we couldn’t get the three points here, and that puts us in a situation of going all the way to the last match. “We are going to play until the last game and we are going to try to make the necessary difference, in order to reach that final.”
IT IS NOT FAIR TO CHARGE THE INKS TO VALENCIA. «It’s not fair to blame John. Football is that, football is about success and error. I’m not justifying it either, but there wasn’t just one, there were three to have resolved. But I assure you that Jhon did not want to lose it, he made a bad decision at a specific moment, and especially in the last one, which was to give a pass to Teo and it was a goal. It’s part of the game and it’s part of our history this semester, it’s not the first time and it wasn’t going to be the last. “I hope we all get it right and achieve that offensive imbalance that the team requires, that football requires to achieve good results.”
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, YOU HAD TO GO TO BOGOTÁ TO WIN. «If we had won today, we had to go and win. The only thing that changes in history is emotionally. I told them now in the dressing room, we went to the last game, we went to the last game. No matter what happens we had to win in Bogotá, we had to win the last game. We went to the last game, the only thing is that, if Huila does not do its job in Palmira, surely the last game is going to be much more complex. I am used to this, I am too old in football to try to qualify in a six-game home run in the fourth. That is historically very difficult to achieve. At altitude, at sea level, whatever, we have to go to win and we will do our best and I will bring the best men.
THE DEPARTURE OF CHINO SANDOVAL. “What Luis Sandoval is doing is a technical decision that I don’t have to justify in the media.”
DAYS AGO WE WERE REAL MADRID AND TODAY WE ARE THE WORST. «Three days ago we were Real Madrid, now we are the worst. We have to be consistent, we came to Neiva to face the best team in the tournament and we put them in trouble for many minutes of the game. It is our reality and from our reality we will try to do what we have to do, to score the points that will take us to that last game with the option of qualifying. But now I can’t tell you what I have to do to correct the goals that we didn’t produce throughout the semester, it is not coherent for me to talk about that topic in a press conference.
THE LACK OF A GOAL IS A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM. «I’m going to say one thing to keep me going all week. Today in the first half of the Champions League final, the German team should have scored three goals and ended up losing 2-0. That is a universal problem, the goal is a universal problem. If we had the ability to achieve the goals or the scoring actions that we generate, we would not be in these troubles, but it is a universal problem. It is a universal problem that we technicians try to work on and correct, but that comes from training. “We worry about getting the ball into the opponent’s area and there it is an individual decision that sometimes gets out of hand.”
ABOUT JHON VALENCIA. “Yes, it was my decision to take him out and it was my decision to put him in, and as long as I work every day and the player shows me his attitudes and aptitudes, I try to be as consistent and correct as possible to make the decisions.”
