Atlético Nacional managed to dominate Bahia in the penultimate day of the group F of the Copa Libertadores and the 1-0 result gave them the possibility of staying one step away from achieving the classification to the round of 16.
After the Victoria de Oro at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium and the nine of nine achieved in that stage, coach Javier Gandolfi gave details of the team's performance in this game against Brazilians, breastfeeding for the good team that has managed to combine between experience and youth that they have depending on themselves to get forward in the continental contest.
Similarly, the Argentine strategist revealed that his players were asked for ten days because for him the present is more important, because he does not know exactly what will happen in the future.
Valued superiority: “We are going to rest on the top, we were superior to the rival in much of the game, it was a great rival. I think it is the day -to -day work and the hunger that the team has. In large part we were superior and the result is short of all the situations we had. It was a fair result.”
Scheme of the rival benefited: “We knew we were going to find a low block, so virtue was the patience we had before the opponent. At no time we went into despair for the result. The elaboration of play and intensity was fine. Bahia felt it and suffered it.”
Motivated by leadership: “If you ask any group coach is happy and in my case I am happy, but I already think about what is coming because it is the way to continue improving. I would love to end with more goals apart, but with respect it was a team of Brazil, so I respect all the systems.”
REQUEST TO PLAYERS: “I asked the players for 10 days, the past is uncertain, because football is always present, to get to where we are today, we are where we are for them.”
Seeks to close with a gold brooch in Libertadores: “We are going to look for the first place in Uruguay, that is clear, we go for the 3 points.”
