Calcaterra does not lower his arms in the Libertadores: “We have to reverse this”

Sporting Cristal’s participation in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores has not been positive and the team suffered another defeat, this time in the visit to Talleres de Córdoba. In this way, those led by Roberto Mosquera have fallen in each of their three presentations throughout the contest and Horacio Calcaterra, team captain, analyzed what happened.

The midfielder from Rima did not hesitate to make a mea culpa for what happened, not so much because of the lack of a good collective game, but because of not being able to keep up with the rhythm of the rival, who was willing to keep the three points of the international competition in House.

“When we went out playing, we did well, but we lacked going from one side to the other, rotating the ball, they tipped the team to one side and we couldn’t turn around. We have to reverse this and hopefully next week we can have the three points at home”, said the footballer, at the end of the match.

Finally, ‘Calca’ stated how difficult it is to play as a visitor, given that, in addition to the performance of the host club, there are other aspects that make an away match difficult. Despite this, the midfielder hopes that they can recover in the following commitments in Lima.

“We know that as a visitor it is very hard, you have to fight, run and score. Unfortunately it could not happen and hopefully at home we can get the win”, concluded Horacio Calcaterra.

When does Sporting Cristal play in the Copa Libertadores?

The next presentation of Sporting Cristal will be on Wednesday, May 4, at the National Stadium, against the Catholic University of Chile (9:00 pm Peruvian time). At this moment, the ‘Celestes’ are at the bottom of the Group H table without adding points; while the ‘Crusaders’ occupy the third space, with three units. In the first places are Flamengo and Talleres, tied with six points.