The Uruguayan Alfredo Arias is the share of experience in the defense of Deportivo Cali, therefore, the news of the renewal of his contract until December 2021 is good news for the Verdiblanco squad.
In the same way, for the player the arrival of his family three days ago from Uruguay represented a good emotional injection. Less was acknowledged to the sports press of the capital of the Valley that they await the official date of the collective training sessions, to put in motion the strategy of Professor Alfredo Arias.
Are you calmer with your family in Cali? “The truth is that I was very happy, I was already playing a bit of joy and happiness around the house, one has suffered a lot this time alone, training at home with the protocols in the individual part in a very long time and the arrival of the family It has been an emotional blow and a huge joy to try to be well and focus on what is going to be this end of the year, which I hope will come out in the least way ”.
How important will the mental part of the player be in this restart, after seeing what happened to Barcelona? “The examples are in the light of day, it happened to one of the best teams in the world, I am one of those who say and talk a lot with my teammates and my friends that here in the league it will not be the one that is physically better, but the one who is better mentally, I think that we have already been preparing ourselves psychologically to be able to measure up, I imagine that all the teams are training the same as us and that we are all going to go out to this race in the best way, but without a doubt that it’s going to cost. In this case, Deportivo Cali was on a very high climb, we had been feeling very good, physically and more than anything technically, because the ‘teacher’ has a very good idea and we are getting a taste for it, we could barely play two months and those matches were not enough to reach our level, but it is true that an improvement was seen and a solid team, fast, with many chances to score, and without a doubt that after they are better psychologically and stronger, they will be the champion . I think it was demonstrated as I said before with Barcelona, the greatest of the squad have to play that important role, which will be to be committed and well psychologically to try to take advantage as quickly as possible, because we know that the league is going to be short and intense ”.
How to counteract the physical advantage that rivals apparently bring in the South American Cup? “Without a doubt that shows, they are teams that have started faster and a tremendous difference has been seen, we will try to adapt to what is not going to touch, which will be first of all to know when we start, because we still don’t have a special date, we do not yet have a game that says on which day of September, surely the other teams will run with more advantage, both for the South American Cup and for the Libertadores Cup there are teams and countries that have already started a while ago, and hopefully it will happen. Green light for the good of Colombian soccer, because the teams need to compete internationally in the best way for the economic good that this entails. Hopefully we can get that green light to put ourselves at the competition level, which will not be easy, hopefully the injuries do not accompany us, thank God we have been working hard and in that aspect we are doing very well, we are all in order and that goes To be an important role that there are no injuries, we can play game after game and reach the international cups in the best way.
What are the feelings today without having a start date for group training? “The truth is that it is hard, going to Pance, with how beautiful it is and knowing that you can only run, jump, slalom, ladder, belt, it is complicated, because again the same thing, and there is no more to work. If it is true that one was very happy to be able to leave the house, to go do what one likes, work and be there, but it is also true that there comes a time when despair is great, that we want to start now to do what we like, which is football, to play with a partner, to do the real thing about football, which is individual duels, to be able to kick, little games, that is strange and we really want to know how we are going to find ourselves in that phase, which we know has to come soon, hopefully the Government will give the green light to reach that phase, on the psychological issue we also have to be strong to withstand the competition ”.
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
In twitter: @marquitosgarces
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