Federico Lértora, blunt: «We’re not doing what we should be doing» | OneFootball

Federico Lértora spoke up and faced the cameras after a defeat that once again complicates Colón’s outlook. The 2-1 loss to Morón left the Sabalero even further behind Ferro and now obliged to defend its place in the qualification zone, but the captain chose not to make excuses.

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“It was an important match for the whole team, for all the people, and we didn’t get the three points. Anger and sadness over not getting the three points, because we need them,” the midfielder admitted.

For Lértora, the match had two very different sides. Colón managed to keep things level for much of the first half, but once again paid dearly for a mistake. “I think the first half was even and we made ourselves vulnerable because of our own mistakes. Then the second half was all ours and we couldn’t equalize, even just to come away with something,” he explained.

Lértora, blunt at Colón

The defeat once again puts Colón in front of an uncomfortable reality: the team has lost consistency and no longer has the same margin it had weeks ago. So when he was asked what the message should be for a squad that is starting to see other teams closing in from below, Lértora was emphatic. “The message isn’t much: it’s to work, and as long as there’s a chance… We know we have to look at this image, that we’re coming off a defeat, we have to eat shit, accept the criticism, and become a solid team again,” he said.

The phrase also sums up a collective self-criticism. The captain understands that Colón needs to recover that version of itself which, for much of the tournament, allowed it to stay among the contenders. What changed? Lértora could not find a single explanation.

“I don’t know if there’s one reason. There are times when we make mistakes, lose focus. Other times, because of rushing or the anxiety of trying to go win the match, we make mistakes that cost us goals”, he analyzed. And that is where one of the main points to correct appears: Colón is paying far too dearly for its mistakes. It needs to become the team it once was again.

The captain did not hide that the moment calls for a pause, corrections, and a fresh start. “We have to work, improve, and stay mentally tough. We knew this could happen at some point,” he said.

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