It was not the best of days for Eduardo Coudet’s Inter de Porto Alegre. Defeat against Palmeiras in the 34th round of Brasileiro not only meant jeopardizing his position to gain a place in the international tournament, but also the loss of an important player in his scheme.

The captain of the Ecuadorian team, Enner Valencia, was injured in the second half of the match because he felt discomfort in the back of his right leg. In the absence of conducting the relevant tests, the striker would not have recovered for the double term of the South American qualifiers.

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After the commitment between the Colorados and Verdão, The Argentinian coach referred to the large number of matches his team played in the last month, which entailed heavy physical loads.

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“We will certainly see the other team, we will have time and fundamentally in the physical part we will arrive in a different way. Gathering the team today was after noon, to ask how everyone was,” he commented Chacho.

Regarding Valencia’s injury, Coudet stated: “Sometimes a player can come in better if he warms up first and then sees what he can really handle and we knew we had a safe change, in the case of Enner he was exhausted, in the case of Alan, who in the end was not . “I’m leaving because we had other changes out of necessity.”

Despite the 3 goal difference with which Alviverde I thank Inter, for the Albiceleste strategist, the defeat represents his team’s lack of effectiveness in front of goal.

“I feel the difference was obvious in efficiency and power. In the first half we also had opportunities, they made one, we didn’t have the ones we had. We started well in the second, I feel that we made a lot of mistakes with the second goal,” said Eduarado Coudet. (D)