The Albirroja team occupies ninth place in the standings with 13 points, four behind Peru, which is fifth and with 12 units to play.
The coach of Paraguay, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, highlighted this Tuesday the personality that his team showed in Barranquilla, from where he drew a 0-0 draw on his visit to Colombia but he was on the verge of running out of opportunities to go to the Qatar World Cup 2022.
“I want to highlight the team, the personality of the team that played today, which was well stopped, did not allow Colombia to handle the ball and when (the rival) did did not create any chance of scoring for us”, Said the Argentine strategist in the press conference after the match on the fourteenth day.
La Albirroja is in ninth place with 13 points, four behind Peru, which is fifth and with 12 to play.
In that line, Barros Schelotto defended his players and said that “they all stand out in a lot of important clubs around the world” and therefore, he added, that it will be their “job to achieve the level they have in their clubs in the national team.”
“Now we have to live a situation where we are squeezed by the need for the points and the few games that we have left, “he added and highlighted, again, the attitude of his team.
“I trust this team, these players”, He stressed.
When asked why he decided to take out Carlos Gonzalez to enter Luis Yellow At minute 73, he explained that the idea was to “give a little more air.”
“The team was pressing well, standing well, there was no reason why Carlos had to leave. Just refresh and give the team a little more air”, He expressed.
He also referred to the participation of Oscar Romero, that today is without a club, and Braian ojeda, a youth who is part of Nottingham Forest but who plays very little in the English team, of whom he said that “they have the necessary conditions to be able to impose themselves in 20 minutes”.
“During these two weeks that they were with us, we prepared them to play beyond the fact that Ojeda is not playing in England and Oscar does not have a team. Óscar has the personality to ask for the ball and Braian is a back and forth player ”, he added.
On the next day, scheduled for On January 27, Paraguay will receive a needy Uruguay in Asunción, a duel that will also be final for both teams. (D)
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