Manolo Jiménez, Cerro Porteño coach, made his analysis of the tie in a press conference and assured that it was Olimpia who celebrated the 1-1, although afterwards he showed a lot of respect and admiration for Martín Palermo’s team.
“Olimpia celebrated the draw. The same thing I want for my team, all my respect for Olimpia. Objectivity. I think today is a sad day because we haven’t won another derby, I think it’s something that makes us feel inferior and hurts. We have to try to get rid of that curse, stop thinking about it,” said the Spanish coach who leads Ciclón, regarding Cerro’s “curse” of not being able to win a duel against its eternal rival for a long time.
He also highlighted how the Azulgrana were the ones who always tried hard with football and attitude, although he also regretted that it was not enough to win.
“Matches are played, matches are attempted, matches are proposed with attitude and Cerro won in all of that and it was not enough. Therefore, a great team like Olimpia should be happy to have taken a point.
Olimpia, with all due respect, is a great rival, but they were only on their side today by luck,” Jiménez said in another part of the press conference when referring to the rival.
