Colo Colo is getting ready to face Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores and Gustavo Quinteros highlighted what this type of match entails against historic rivals from the continent.
Colo Colo already begins his concentration for what will be tomorrow’s game against Boca Juniors. The albos have a crucial commitment against the Argentine club in the Copa Libertadores, where this Tuesday the coach Gustavo Quinteros answered the questions at the press conference prior to the duel.
The strategist referred to what it takes to face this type of match where in this edition they will face Boca Juniors. Although the trans-Andean team is on a sports rise, the coach is not worried about it because he only thinks about the performance so that Colo Colo can leave the victory at the Monumental Stadium.
“The truth is that Boca improved in the last game, but that to us, taking into account that we are at a time when we have to worry about ourselves, the operation and replace the injured, goes to the background. We have trained how the opponent plays, we train two game systems that we can modify in the match”.
That was not all, since, in addition, he considered that “we have trained enough in the four days that we had. We prepare the game well, it will depend on the duels in the sectors of the field, it is already a matter of competitiveness in each sector and in the two game systems. Let’s hope to get a positive result and beat the rival”.
Colo Colo irregularity
Another of the points that the technical director touched on has to do with the fact that the Cacique has not had that regularity that it showed last year. A good version is shown in the first minutes of the games, which has not been maintained and often falls into the second half.
“The first half with Huachipato was good, the first half with Calera was good. What we are looking for is that, with these performances, we can maintain that performance throughout the game.. We have lowered our performance in the second half, we have to maintain and play as we started the games and improve in the second half”.
In addition, along the same lines, he added that “We must also understand that with the players we have outside, with experience, we have had to replace them with youth players under 20 years of age.. The players who are not at 100% hopefully we can use them in the second half to give us that experience”.
What can help Colo Colo win
Finally, victory is essential for Colo Colo considering that it is a direct rival in Group F of the Copa Libertadores and the three points can lead, with very good eyes, to a possible future classification, for which he was asked how he can favor a triumph to the Cacique.
“What I feel is that it is an ideal match to show your conditions. You play with one of the best on the continent. Playing with those teams is extra motivation, they have to play the best game of their lives because you always play us with them. It is the message that I transmit to them, ”she began in her analysis of him.
Regarding this same point, the DT contemplated “although these teams cannot do well in their tournaments, they are cupbearers and the present can give you the opportunity. We don’t have a good present either, but we do show part time, 40 minutes with occasions. We have to try to maintain that for 90 minutes to get a good result.”.
To close the idea, Quinteros pointed out that “I hope that by the 20th we can have a good team, hopefully with those injured from experience recovered. They may have a few minutes and we hope to have them 100%. There we will have a team with variants and stronger”.
