Waiting for Canchita: the ‘U’ draws in Miami and needs a creator on the team | CHRONICLE

Because, although the national champion still has the appearance of the team that won the title, it lacks the spark in attack that allows it to break the games and the intense pressure that manages to catch the rival in the wrong position.

In popular voice, Piero Quispe is missing. Or replace him. He lacks the player who can do something different on the field, because Horacio Calcaterra is a good driver but he doesn’t face up. His variant, Yuriel Celi, is more of a passer than a creative.

Because Atlético Nacional last night did what few teams did in League 1: squeeze Rodrigo Ureña. And if the ball does not go through the Chilean, the ‘U’ does not find clarity to generate football, because Andy Polo is a sprinter and needs the ball into space more than he needs to carry it. Because Calca fails to be the connector between the midfielder and the forward and because, if they send the ball up, the lines are still too far apart to win the second ball.

And it is surprising that despite the fact that the few times they did it it gave them results: they marked the start and generated the free kick that ended in a goal for Flores, this ‘U’ has lost aggressiveness for the brand. Wait a long time before going out to reduce the spaces.

And Fabián Bustos does not change. He again sent the already known 3-5-2 that Jorge Fossati left in Ate and did not modify it at any time during the game, despite the fact that the procedure was not favorable to him, especially in the second half.

Order is maintained, yes. But in attack they need to connect more between them. “On offense we were better, better than the previous game,” said coach Bustos.

Dorregaray didn’t get many balls. With 30 minutes against Vallejo and another 60 last night, he already saw what he can do without the ball: he fights all the time, he crashes, he bothers, he goes out to recover. But he still doesn’t have the decisive ability to score.

Jairo Concha is here, ‘Canchita’ Gonzales is coming – he should arrive in Lima on Tuesday – and the board is looking for a ten player abroad, the sixth foreigner on the squad. With them, the Centenario squad will be complete in search of the title.

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