Atlético Nacional is still unable to win this semester, following four league games without adding three, there is the first leg game for the quarterfinals in the Colombia Cup, where the purslane team fell 3-0 once morest Junior. At the end of the game, the coach Hernán Darío Herrera left his feelings following this opaque result.
“You have to congratulate Junior for that good first half, the second, Nacional I think he leveled it. Then comes a play for the second goal that is better for you to discuss, we simply have to say that it is lost, that this score is high for us, but we have the series back in Medellin and we will see what happens, “he said.
Regarding the two of Junior’s three goals that came through the air, Herrera explained that “Nacional does not suffer from aerial play, we only neglected ourselves in the play of the third goal, which was a corner kick, we loosened the mark. But I think the team is doing well.”
In addition, “the team fought, the second half was very good, we must appreciate that. Other things we can’t handle and it’s better for other people to judge them. We have to work to raise the level of the team. The rival in the first half put a lot of pressure on us, they didn’t let the attacking players get together and that’s why I think we have to give Junior credit”.
Regarding the few reinforcements that arrived and the multiple departures of the team that was champion, the ‘Arriero’ remarked that “the reinforcements are there, (Andrés) Román arrived and I think the rest of the reinforcements are there. This semester we hope to show our faces, it was the team that came out champion, I don’t know what will happen, but I want to continue leading this team until the end. We hope to pull it off.”
Regarding what is coming in the near future and the possibility that he will leave office, Herrera commented that “we must have more confidence, more games and more work time. We have to watch and work for this team to improve. At Nacional, the coach is willing to be questioned, especially when games are lost. This was a game of the two in the series, we have 90 minutes left once morest Junior and in the League, we have played four games, we still have a long time to go. Saying other things are not going at the moment”.
Of Jarlan Barrera’s gesture to the stands when he was removed from the field, Hernán Darío said that “I didn’t see what gesture he made, only that many things were thrown at us from the stands.”
Finally, the coach expressed that “we try to do things well, we come from a title, following a break we are going back to work, without having much time. This is long, we still have games ahead of us and this is just beginning. We have to start winning to get to the eight and fight for the title”.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED Correspondent
Medellín
En Twitter: @juanchoserran8