For the rival coach of Barcelona SC in Copa Libertadores, half of the script was done very well; but after, no

After the defeat (2-0) against Barcelona SCthe Peruvian coach University of SportsÁlvaro Gutiérrez, referred to the game and the tactical system that he could not maintain in the first leg of the second phase of the Libertadores Cup of America.

Daily Mailon his website www.diariocorreo.pe, about the commitment he published: “Universitario de Deportes could not Barcelona SC and lost 2-0 in the first leg of phase 2 of the Copa Libertadores. The Peruvian team resisted the zero in their arc in the first half and, already in the complement, they received two goals that complicate their panorama thinking about qualifying for the next round.

“After the match at the Monumental stadium in Guayaquil, the coach of the cream team, Álvaro Gutiérrez, made his analysis at a press conference. Before the journalists, the Uruguayan highlighted the attitude of his players and also the defensive work in a good part of the commitment”, the note delimits.

“The style of play that we proposed, or the tactics that we proposed, we couldn’t achieve. We did half of the things right. In the middle of the script, we defended very well; but later, the other party, nowhich was the moment in which we recovered the ball, trying to have it, trying to make Barcelona SC uncomfortable, creating circuits and turning the ball around. Barcelona SC it’s a big teamis a team that presses well, but at a certain moment, they stop pressing”, expressed Gutiérrez.

“We were never able to enlarge the court to have the ball comfortably and we always ended up throwing the ball forward, and that caused us to lose it quickly and another time we were in a defensive position that it took us five or six minutes to get the ball back. I think that conditioned us”, added the strategist.

The newspaper highlighted that Gutiérrez pointed out that half of the work was fine and that there is still room for improvement in other aspects to try to turn the series around.

“The attitude was barbaric, the defensive part, except for a free kick and a header that was very precise —Isolated play in the match—; but clear clear chances, I did not see, beyond shots from outside the area and some forced header. I think we did half the job right. We have to improve the rest ”, she sentenced.

The second leg between University and Barcelona SC is scheduled for next Wednesday, March 2, in Lima, at 7:30 p.m. (Peruvian and Ecuadorian time). The winner of the bracket will face the winner of the America Mineiro (Brazil)-Guaraní (Paraguay) tie. (D)