Catholic University faces Copa Libertadores in search of sports ‘excellence’

Hit by a loss in LigaPro, Catholic University changes focus and gets ready for the Copa Libertadores duel who will face him this Thursday to The Strongest, for phase 3in search of the pass to the group zone of the tournament.

The camarattas allowed on Saturday a Quito League comeback (2-1) in the national tournament, a result that took charge of DT Miguel Rondelli for an expulsion “dumb” that changed the history of the game.

“I am not one of those who think that coaches win games, but they do lose gamesbecause from outside the field you have to give calm, security and support to the team. Before the League I was the one who caused the chaos, because after my expulsion came the rival goals. I think the mistake is mine for letting me expel in a foolish way”, said the Argentine.

Rondelli emphasized that “playing a double competition is hard”, but the strategist stressed that his team is ready to play both tournaments.

“The Cup requires a leap in qualitybe prepared in the best way, because we cannot stay in that Católica has fought the tournament in recent years. We must have another performance, another intensity, and the team is on that path; therefore we aim for the group stagewe could not settle for classifying the South American, we must aim to reach high, to seek excellence. Then we will see what we are for, ”she pointed out.

For The Strongest, Rondelli spoke of “a great Bolivian, a tough rival”a team “more solid” than Bolívar, whom they defeated 3-1 on aggregate in phase 2 of the Libertadores.

“He has his defensive base as strong. We must take precautions and face the games as a series of 180 minutesknowing that for us the objective is to qualify for the group stage”, he pointed out.

Católica comes to the duel with the loss of the Argentine Lisandro Alzugaraywho is recovering from an injury. “He is better, he does adaptation work. We don’t want to rush it he is an important playerand the good thing is that he has been close to his teammates,” Rondelli said.

Catholic University awaits The Strongest this Thursday, from 7:30 p.m. at the Atahualpa Stadium. The second leg will be played a week later at the Hernando Siles, in La Paz. (D)