Claudio Úbeda on the thrashing of Defensa, now focus on Cruzeiro | OneFootball

Claudio Úbeda spoke at a press conference after Boca’s 4-0 thrashing of Defensa y Justicia away from home. The Xeneize side extended its unbeaten run to 14 matches, and the coach was pleased, analyzed the performance, and has already switched gears.

To begin speaking with the media after the rout, el Sifón stressed: “We played an intelligent match”, referring to the emphatic win thanks to goals from Milton Giménez, Alan Velasco, Adam Bareiro, and Miguel Merentiel.

The coach was clear: “In a first half where Defensa had more control in the opening minutes, we stayed organized and little by little found our footing in the game. Reading the match well, in the second half we understood that we needed to add another midfielder in the middle of the pitch so it wouldn’t be so stretched based on how they were playing. And that’s when we quickly found the edge and were able to score more goals.”

Claudio Úbeda and his analysis of the big win in Varela.

On the other hand, he referred to the team rotation: “we felt it was necessary if we want to be competitive in both tournaments. This rotation has to be necessary. That’s why Chelito Delgado came off for Leandro (Paredes), because we needed him to get proper rest so he can play in Brazil. Besides, he was on a yellow card. We pay attention to those details so he doesn’t rack up too many minutes and get too tired for the next match.” 

Along the same lines, Claudio Úbeda stressed: “We closely monitor recovery. Tomorrow morning we’ll be back training already; the ones who played will do recovery work and the rest will train. We can’t afford to rest for a single minute when it comes to thinking about what’s ahead. On Monday we’re already traveling to Brazil for the next match, we switch gears right away, go into Copa mode, and there we’ll try to put in another good performance.”

El Sifón spoke about the rotation.

It’s worth remembering that the team from La Ribera will play again this Tuesday in the Copa Libertadores. They will travel to Belo Horizonte to face Cruzeiro on matchday three of the group stage. The match will be played on April 28 starting at 9:30 p.m. at Mineirão Stadium.

Claudio Úbeda and Ander Herrera’s injury

At the press conference, Úbeda referred to the discomfort the Spaniard felt during the warm-up, which forced him to change the lineup he had in mind to start the match. He also had to alter the bench.

Úbeda spoke to the media. Photo: Gerónimo Marino/La Número 12.

“I want to take the opportunity to say I’m sorry about what happened to Ander in the warm-up; hopefully it’s nothing serious. He knew to stop in time because of what he was feeling, so hopefully he’s okay too,” the head coach concluded.

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