The strategist spoke before the debut of the albos for the National Championship against Deportes Copiapó, where along with analyzing the rival, he referred to the adaptation that his new players need so that the team can display its best football.
Gustavo Quinteros is already beating what will be Colo Colo’s debut for the 2023 National Championship against Deportes Copiapó, where he hopes to get a good result to gain momentum in what will be a season that he himself defined as “more competitive”. He warned that his objective is to fight for the title, but warned of how complex it will be in relation to last year.
“From what I see, from their signings, I see several strong teams. It will be more competitive than the previous tournament where we took advantage in recent games. Now it’s going to be more fought, we hopefully start competing with the entire squad available as soon as possible. The greats put together well, others who played well and kept the roster from the previous year. Magallanes is one that plays well and added namesthis tournament will be even and that is why we have to be one hundred percent as soon as possible ”, he began at a press conference.
X-ray to Copiapó
The strategist anticipated what is expected of the rival he will face this Sunday at the Luis Hermosilla Valenzuela Stadium and the adaptation they have to make to play on that field. Likewise, he gave some insight into the formation that intends to stop before the León de Atacama.
“We know everything. They have played friendlies where they have alternated players, it is a team that strengthened well, added names of experience in the First Division. It will be a tough rival, it will be played on a court that we are not used toThat is why today we train on a synthetic court to adapt a little more and tomorrow we will repeat. We will try to do everything we have trained, so that both Benegas and Carlos Palacios, like Wimberg, Fabián Castillo are getting the performance we want. This has already started and we are still in the rearming stage. I am confident that we will still get a good game, ”he explained.
Regarding the eleventh, he pointed out that “we have tried different players. César Fuentes is here, Pizarro still hasn’t recovered, so Fuentes must be accompanied by a player who gives us an important feature for the performance we want. Practice went well, so I hope we can translate it on the pitch on Sunday and try to see if we can get past the opponent to get the result.”
One who aims to be a starter is Jordhy Thompson, who Quinteros only had praise for his dedication in training. “He is a boy with a huge future, works very well all aspects of a player who wants to succeed. It is up to him to decide in the minutes that he has to play, he works hard, he has conditions and if he has to play in this game I hope he can perform at his best, give his best and feel that confidence to contribute what the team needs. He plays in an important position, midfielder or winger, where he has to give a lot of things in the offensive phases”, he highlighted.
Adaptation of reinforcements
Due to the departure of players and numerous casualties, Gustavo Quinteros will have to stop a renewed formation with Colo Colo, where some reinforcements also appear. In this sense, he explained that he needs time so that they can give the best version of him and although he set a deadline for that, he asked the fans for patience.
“When you have a full squad you have 20 days or a month for the players to get to know each other and know the movements that the team needs. To adapt to the new movements, to know the comrades, to constitute the small societies that we achieved very well last year takes time. You have to give them training sessions, minutes, confidence so that they can get that performance back and have that competitive team that can fight for the title. I think that in 20 days it will be enough, some can adapt faster and hopefully we can find that functioning as soon as possible and play much better on Sunday. I ask the fans for patience, to support those who have arrived and those who will arrive to be competitive, ”he closed.
