Dudamel evaluated the performance of Deportivo Cali after reaching the Copa Sudamericana and saying goodbye to Libertadores

Deportivo Cali was defeated by Boca Juniors 1-0 at the Bombonera in Buenos Aires for the Copa Libertadores 2022, which is why they finished in third place in Group E and positioned themselves for the round of 16 of the Conmebol Sudamericana. After that, Rafael Dudamel gave statements to the press in which he evaluated the game of the team he leads.

The coach of ‘El Decano’ maintained that his “Semester has not been good. Then we have to analyze everything very deeply. We started playing with prospects who finished this semester as a reality.

“We bet with the new additions, but unfortunately some did not hit us. We were growing little by little. We ended up with a youth team, but quite competitive”, Dudamel added.

Regarding the negative result against Boca Juniors in Argentina, Dudamel pointed out that in the Bombonera “they fought good to the champion of Argentine soccer “. “We defended well, but it didn’t hit us. We are going to the Copa Sudamericana, which is no small thing, and we will also prepare for the second half of the League”, limited the Venezuelan DT.

The technical director of the Colombian team considered that the quality of the ‘xeneize’ team complicated their squad: “Our footballers had a hard time adapting to their game. We needed to download more and there we could not elaborate. In depth we wanted to play with the attackers, but the rival by virtue did not allow it”.

Notably, Deportivo Cali needed a tie to stay in the Copa Libertadores, however, Alan Varela scored the only goal of the game when 54 minutes were played in favor of Boca Juniors.

In this way, Boca finished first in the key with 10 points, followed by the Brazilian Corinthians (9), who equaled 1-1 in Sao Paulo with the Bolivian Always Ready (5), and the Cali team was third with eight points.