The Italian players found no consolation for the loss to Newell’s and added that “unfortunately this is something that happened to us in the local tournament and we have to turn it around”.
It was not a good game. Audax Italiano and Newell’s Old Boys made their Copa Sudamericana group stage debuts and vagueness took possession of the two squads. For the same; if the duel ended in a 0-0 draw, nobody could be surprised.
But football has those things and when there was nothing left, Brian Aguirre hit an agonizing kick and gave Leprosy an unexpected three points. “We are bitter about the result, because they scored a goal against us at the last minute and in a very equal game , the tie is the most beautiful. But in football justice is not served or the results they deserve are given. We paid dearly for the mistake and they scored a goal for us,” says Marcelo Díaz.
Then, the member of the Golden Generation takes on his coach, Manuel Fernández, who makes local competition his priority, and adds that “We sent a very clear message: we have to start at the bottom of the table in the Chilean championship and then in the Copa Sudamericana we will fight as equals, but without losing sight of what is most important to us, which is the tournament”.
A goal that is not shared by fans of the Italics, because they demanded the departure of Fernández at the end of the meeting with the Argentines, since to the continental defeat is added that they are penultimate in the table of the national fair.
“We end up with the bitterness of the goal in the last game of the match. Unfortunately, it’s something that happens to us in the local tournament and we have to reverse it, because deconcentrations are costing us dearly”, said Carlos Labrín.
The defender, who played a decent game, underlines that “as players, we progress match after match. On the international scene, this adds a lot of experience to the youngest, but we must rise in our competition and thus, get out of the uncomfortable position in which we are ”.
Finally, Labrín spoke about the upcoming international trial with Santos from Brazil (April 20). “They are a team with too much history in South America, great players and now we are going to go there to try and get one point and hopefully all three. But we are going game by game and when we will have this match, we will face it in the best way”, he concludes.
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