Franco Navarro acknowledged that UTC did not have a good first half against Cristal, although he rescued his team’s reaction in the last 45′. The coach is already thinking about the duel against Melgar in Cajamarca for the fifth date.
Navarro gave his analysis of today’s game. “In the first half it was difficult for us to do what we worked on the week. Cristal was the protagonist, owner of the ball and generated dangerous situations; but the referee invented the penalty. In the second half, we were a more vertical and orderly team. We were to search and we forced Cristal to put one more defender,” he said at a conference.
Then he added: “The official matches allow us to improve, we are going to fight for the possibility of being among the first. We want to be strong at home and we are going to fight for it on the visit. It was not enough for us and we congratulate Cristal.”
The ‘Gavilán’ coach stated that Cristal took advantage of his team’s mistakes very well. “We can’t mess up from the beginning because Cristal is one of the best teams in recent years. If you give Cristal an advantage, you get vaccinated and that’s how it was. We neglected and generated you, even being organized because they have capacity,” he said.
Finally, he said that Jhon Marchán never had impediments to play today against Cristal. “Normally, players who are on loan don’t play against their teams. I thought he had that clause, but no. He came in and there were no problems. Cristal was clear. He had no impediment,” he concluded.
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