There are nonetheless echoes of the tie between Deportes Santa Cruz and Colo-Colo within the central-south regional semifinal of the 2024 Copa Chile.
The greater than 4,000 followers who attended the match left in a caravan in direction of the Colchagua Valley, glad with their workforce’s efficiency, a sense that the squad additionally shared.
After the match, coach Hernán Peña stated that “the workforce did every little thing, Duma scored the purpose and due to his teammates we have been in a position to rating the draw. That’s the work we’re doing, when it comes to the extent for the event, which generates inner competitors.”
The previous full-back additionally identified that “now we have improved by working onerous, from the perspective of how we operate. I feel now we have complied with the set techniques, in order that we aren’t caught operating in direction of our purpose. Subsequently, dealing with a rival of this stage provides us pleasure in fulfilling the sport plan.”
As well as, Peña burdened that trying on the rival, “there may be hierarchy when it comes to play, when it comes to decision and we needed to management that, and I feel we did, from each facet,” and that “we had the chance to have scored the purpose earlier.”
The coach was emphatic in stating that this match ought to have been performed in Santa Cruz and never in Curicó, taking for example what occurs in first world leagues. “In England they’ll play on the dwelling of the smallest workforce they usually do not see if the stadium is class B or C, that should be the attraction of this cup.”
For his half, the highest scorer of the day, Cristian Duma, stated that he felt “pure happiness and an enormous reduction as a result of I had an damage and missed nearly half of the event. Fortunately I used to be in a position to play once more now within the Copa Chile and what higher method than with a purpose, which is important for a purpose scorer.”
Duma, who in earlier seasons was the highest scorer for Santa Cruz, has had many bodily issues this yr, so the purpose was one thing essential for him in view of the closing of the competitors.
And, concerning the rematch subsequent Saturday on the Monumental stadium, he added that “now we have to benefit from the match, attempt to do nicely and keep within the cup.”
He did, nevertheless, thank the followers for his or her help, saying that “I do know that lots of people got here, they introduced us a flag, for the individuals it was a really good sport and it does not occur yearly,” and that “they need to benefit from the week and hopefully they’ll be a part of us, as a result of it will likely be a really good sport.”
BACK TO B
Even supposing they requested rescheduling resulting from their participation within the Copa Chile, the ANFP denied them the choice and scheduled their match for the sixteenth date.
Deportes Santa Cruz should go to AC Barnechea on Tuesday the sixteenth on the municipal stadium in that commune.
Later, on Sunday 21 July, they should host Santiago Wanderers on the Joaquín Muñoz García stadium.
And, the month of July will shut on Saturday twenty seventh in opposition to Curicó Unido once more at dwelling.
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