2024-05-09 05:28:26
The Cerro Porteño footballer, Juan Manuel Iturbe, has been very motivated in the last few games and is confident in what the “Ciclón” can do in the 2024 Copa Libertadores. Although he knows that continuing to advance is a complicated task, the Barça star He is aware that in football there are no impossible things.
“The year I had to play we were close to playing in a final, we were very, very close, and I think that is something that every Cerrista longs for. We know that we have not yet had to play in a final or win it, but that we are going to fight, every year we want to be participatory and achieve the objective of winning it,” he indicated in a note with Conmebol.
It is worth remembering that Juan Manuel Iturbe made his official debut in the competition that year and even scored his first goals. In his premiere he scored a double against Colo Colo at the General Pablo Rojas stadium.
The 30-year-old player was encouraged to leave a message to the Barça fans.
“That the Cerrista fans support us, that they be with us, that we are going to go out and leave our soul in each game because as a group we feel good. May they be calm and support us. I think that’s what I can tell you, that every game is going to be difficult, nothing is going to be easy for us,” he stated.
Cerro Porteño was a semi-finalist in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. They were eliminated against Santos with Neymar Jr., Alex Sandro, Elano and other stars of the moment.
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2024-05-09 05:28:26