This Saturday at 12:30 pm, the team from O’Higgins de Rancagua will face a tough challenge when, for the 18th round of the National Tournament, they will visit Everton de Viña del Mar.
The Celestes, who are coming off a win and a loss after returning to competition, need to add three points to get closer to the cup zone and also to get away from the bottom, considering that the table tightened on the last date due to the results that were generated.
In this regard, coach Victor Fuentes commented that “the championship is very even, both up and down. At the beginning of the second round we were five points away from international cups and now we are three away.”
To go to Viña del Mar -the team will travel this Friday to be concentrated there- the coaching staff will be able to count on the returnees Leonel Mosevich, Juan Fuentes and Esteban Calderón, all already cleared after serving their suspensions.
Given the above, and despite not naming them, it is likely that at least two will be in the starting lineup this Saturday. “We are working to play in the best way, but we have to see what Everton is going to propose to us,” said Fuentes, adding that the pitch could be a factor, considering the approaching storm that will leave rain until dawn on Saturday in the garden city.
Likewise, the performance for this date is expected to be adequate, since it is traditional for O’Higgins to do well at the Sausalito stadium. El Capo has not lost in that venue since 2010.
Juan Fuentes: “We will face a very tough opponent.”
O’Higgins will have a difficult match. This is what Juan Fuentes, the central midfielder who should return to the starting line-up, believes.
“We hope to play, Victor hasn’t told us who yet. We are all prepared and whoever it is that will play, I’m sure he will do it in the best way possible,” he said.
In addition, regarding how to face the final part of the tournament, he said that they must continue to insist on Victor’s formula. “We are convinced and we are not going to lose the idea that Victor has.”
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