Despite having a string of bad results in which they mortgaged the leadership, Universidad Catlica is one step away from achieving a historic three-time championship, so that Gastn Lezcano, attacker “Crusader”, value that the team reach the penultimate date with the first option to lift the title.
In conversation with “Ms Que Ftbol” by DirecTV Sports, “Gato” pointed out that “against La Calera is a very important match because we can achieve the goal we have had since the beginning of the season. We have not been playing our best football, but we never thought that they could catch us in the lead. We remain at the forefront and we are very close to achieving the goal of being champion “.
“We will take the match against La Calera as a final, against a rival who will leave everything to win us. We will go out to play the match as a final. We cannot go out to play thinking that everything is ready, we want to achieve a positive result, “added the trans-Andean forward.
Along these lines, the 34-year-old revealed where the superiority of UC passed in the tournament and maintained that “We had quite an advantage against our fansWe had a string of many games, great wear and tear and, although it is not an excuse, it affected us in football. The team has shown courage and character to go up “.
On the other hand, the Argentine referred to the losses suffered by the UC during the second round and assured that “We had a streak of injuries and the young boys took the moment in a way to applaud. It was my turn not to be there and to return, converting against La Serena was a tremendous relief, a great joy “.
Regarding the above, the former O’Higgins addressed the departure of Csar Pinares, a key player in Ariel Holan’s scaffolding, Lezcano stated that “We get on very well with Fuenzalida and Pinares. It was the sale of Csar for its growth, we lost an important player. We suffered injuries with ‘Chapa’ and now little by little we are coming back. We want to be a strong team again “.
Finally, the “Crusader” nominated the UC strategist, Ariel Holan, to take charge of La Roja for the rest of the way to Qatar 2022 and indicated that his coach “He can calmly direct the Chilean National Team, he has the ability, he is obsessed with tactics”.
Universidad Catlica face Unin La Calera this Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. in San Carlos de Apoquindo, where a tie is enough for the “Crusaders” to rise as Chilean soccer monarch for the third consecutive year.