2023-07-03 22:25:53
After the key victory against Huracán, now Zielinski’s team has to raise another promissory note. In the Libertadores he obtained 14 of 18 points but away from home he has not won since date 1. On Friday he faces Gimnasia en el Bosque.
The Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini was pure relief on Sunday in the worked 1-0 against Huracán. For all Independiente it was a party of six points Because it is a direct rival from the lower zone and, beyond not presenting a good game, the victory was celebrated in Avellaneda in a stadium where Red is very strong. Now, Ricardo Zielinski and company want to settle another important debt: win away from home.
“We have to improve as a visitor. We will look for a return to improve because it is the pending matter that we have. There is a team that is totally different at home than as a visitor and we are going to have to do something,” said the Russian after assuring that they were deserving of the victory against the Globe.
And so, since its arrival, Independiente has grown on its field: it added 14 of 18 possible points at home, which is equivalent to 77.7 percent of the points in that condition. And away from home they have not won since the first date of the tournament, with Leandro Stillitano as DT, against Talleres in Córdoba. In between, he played 10 away games, with 5 losses and 5 draws. And he has had three falls in a row (in Sarandí, in Mendoza and in Santa Fe).
“To fight for a championship, it is essential to become strong at home. We are lacking away from home and we are going to improve it. There is a particularity in this championship that is that many teams cannot maintain regularity between playing at home and away. I saw Central’s game and goalkeeper Brown said that it was also their deficit. You can play as a visitor in the same way, but it must be a mental issue”, analyzed Zielinski, who did not rule out changing the scheme to go to the Forest to play against Gimnasia La Plata this Friday.
Cauteruccio has 11 goals in the Professional League, two off the top. Photo: MARCELO CARROLL
What do the players think? “I think it’s a matter of confidence, of mentality. We went in with doubts, we gave the ball away to the rival a lot, they hurt us in the first half and it’s hard for us to get ahead of the game. At home we came out with a different idea, with more confidence, and We almost always manage to score ourselves”, said Matías Giménez.
And he added an important piece of information: “Confidence and attitude are fundamental. Also the support of the people, who with their collection and Santiago Maratea felt another energy. That benefited us and, once we began to get the results , trust was another.”
The scorer, Martín Cauteruccio, contributed in this regard: “We have to become strong away from home. We have a team but as visitors it is uphill and we cannot find the game to bring us the three points. We must repeat what was done here, where at times there was concentration and good play”.
And the assistant, Martín Sarrafiore, who reached the fifth yellow card and must meet a suspension date, said: “The truth is that at home we feel much more comfortable, that always happens. You are with your people, it is different. We have it “We have to correct so that it doesn’t happen to us again. We have to lighten the drama a bit, because perhaps that is also putting pressure on us that is not necessary. We have to work for the next game and move it forward”.
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