The market favoritism that Colo Colo presents over the University of Chile, ahead of the Superclásico, the blue coach doesn’t like it at all Diego Lopez.
The Uruguayan coach believes that his team has the weapons to defeat the albos and, for this reason, he hits the table and sentences: “If we thought we were going to lose, we wouldn’t show up.”
Then, the DT added: “The possibility is there, but I don’t think regarding it. The only thing that worries me is that the team arrives well, that they arrive mentally strong, and that they feel that they are going to win. Then come the results that can be given, but we go out to win all the games”.
In this last sentence is the key to what the Charrúa worked on during the week. It is that more than modifying his scheme or putting together the puzzle that having several injured on campus means, López has been concerned with motivation.
In that sense, what he most emphasized to his managers was that this commitment should not entail extra pressure and that, likewise, it can be transformed into a “psychic boost” for the difficult schedule ahead, where they will have to face several of the teams that are fighting the National Tournament.
“The motivation for these matches is high. We are aware that we must give everything, because it is a different game, where perhaps little football is seen. And in all duels we must be strong mentally. You have to try to win and the little head must be positive and think regarding a victory, ”he stressed.
However, the strategist recognizes that favoritism belongs to the albos. “With these negative games that we have had, we know that we must prepare in a better way. This is a different week, we have to work knowing that it is a fundamental game and, although the numbers are cold, they are a reality. The table doesn’t lie but we also say that we have experiences in classics and the one who is better or the one who arrives better does not always win it”, he warned.
The trainer managed to recover two key men in his scheme, Bastián Tapia and Emmanuel Ojeda, and analyzes formulas to try to cut the Cacique’s circuits and generate more scoring opportunities.
However, you still have a question: To forgive Yonathan Andía or not? The winger can give him experience in the last line, but his ownership is in sight, since last week he was punished by López, who excluded him from the duel once morest O’Higgins, following being arrested for supposedly drunk driving.
“He is training with the group and on Sunday they will see him, they will know what is going to happen,” announced the DT. “We have to be focused when it comes to defending, not individually, but as a team. And this team has created many scoring situations, but it must correct the bad decisions we have made, take better advantage of those plays that we create and get used to shooting more on goal, ”he advanced.
Regarding the team led by Gustavo Quinteros, the current leader of Chilean football, López was clear: “Colo Colo is a team that plays well, that has quality, that has been working a lot with its coach. It is an organized team, which presses well and we must know that we face a level team. We believe that we have quality, we have seen it, we have analyzed it and we try to analyze where the spaces are”.
In that search, the blue DT will finish fine-tuning the system today to counteract the white power and aspire to a victory that can mark his takeoff in the U.
