Jorge Luis Pinto has once again criticized his rival’s style of play after Deportivo Cali’s loss to Deportivo Pereira. Colpress.

He Deportivo Cali Little by little, he continues to respect his schedule of Liga BetPlay I-2023 and against the defending champion, the Deportivo Pereira complied with their pending match they had since date number one, which had been postponed due to the realization of the South American CONMEBOL under-20 in the The Branch of Heaven.

At the Palmaseca stadium, the team Sugar moved back matecan, who happened to the game affected by the loss suffered by the player Ouisus Cabrerawho had a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee and will be out of court for the next 8 months or so.

However, the Aurirojo He defended his champion name and with a very interesting approach to the game they managed to take all three points as a visitor. At minute 13, after a cross that the Cali team could not clear, the striker angelo rodriguez he took the opportunity to resume volleyball and sign the final 1-0 of the match.

The Valle del Cauca institution tried to put pressure on the draw, but the second leg of Pereira’s game started there, the whole team focused on the defense, leaving little space for the locals to attack and anyone posing a danger was cut off at once. .

The 90 minutes over and the defeat in hand, the technical director of Cali, Jorge Luis Pinto, who was at the center of controversy after questioning the play of his rivals, did it again against Pereira in the post-match press conference.

The helmsman of great sports said that the game offered by the matecana did not allow them to develop comfortably, focusing on the fact that they turned the game into a physical confrontation and constant fouls to block the flow of games:

“We didn’t find. They marked us, they collided with us, the rhythm of the game was cut several times. I would like to hear an opinion on that. I’m not claiming anything but I’m talking about this I saw. I don’t know if you (journalists) see the same thing as me.”

Afterwards, he recognized that this style of play was quite effective for Pereira, taking into account that they found the spoils in an isolated game and from there they focused on protecting the result of any way possible, he also went into depth that it’s possible that those teams that visit your stadium are looking to play like this to defend themselves:

“It can be difficult for us at home because opponents come to defend or not. This is the identity I want to know. Today they went up, they stopped, they didn’t allow the pace of the game, Finally. It cost me, I admit. They come back and hold on. And in a counterattack or a corner kick, as they found…they had no attack volume. We fought the 90 minutes almost in the opposite field. It was not easy for us, you have to be honest”

Some journalists stigmatized the helmsman of the Sugarbecause they assure that their attitude is not theirs, this, in response to an answer they gave to a communicator after Cali’s victory against Deportes Tolima on the previous date.

In a press conference, Pinto responded to a reporter, regarding the question that Deportivo Cali players were allegedly wasting time to get to the result, in addition to asking him about the risk of relegation. For the technician, said question was absurd, and his answer was singled out by other communicators:

“You ask me such absurd questions that surprise me, I tell you in all sincerity. No, why don’t you tell me that we are winning, that we are undefeated, that we are climbing positions, at least support us in that”.

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