Iván Delfino after Colón defeat: “The goal was wrongly ruled out” | OneFootball

Colón came up empty-handed again and suffered its third consecutive defeat in the championship. After the 0-2 loss to Godoy Cruz, Iván Delfino analyzed the match and highlighted his team’s strong first half, although he acknowledged that there is still a shortcoming when it comes to attacking depth.

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“I think the match was totally under control, and we did have a very good first half. I think the disallowed goal would have helped us keep it that way,” said the Colón coach. He also explained that the first goal by the Mendoza side came after two consecutive mistakes: “On their goal, I think we made two mistakes in a row and it cost us the goal.”

Delfino was emphatic when referring to the controversial play that ended with a disallowed goal for Colón. Asked for his opinion, the coach replied: “Wrongly disallowed, wrongly disallowed.” Although he clarified that from his position he could not clearly see the play, he agreed with the complaint made by president José Alonso.

The coach also questioned some refereeing decisions that, in his view, ended up affecting the team. “It wasn’t number 6 and the yellow card, they took my team apart. There are little things you shouldn’t obsess over, you shouldn’t feel like it’s a curse, but it’s happening to us,” he said.

As for how the match unfolded, Delfino felt that Colón was the better side for much of the first half. “Until the goal, we were better than them. Not with much depth, but we were better,” he said. However, he admitted that the team once again showed difficulties creating danger: “As I said last week, we lack depth. That’s all we have. We rotated everyone; from midfield forward, we rotated everyone.”

For the second half, the coach tried to change how the team functioned with a few adjustments and ended up going with a more attack-minded lineup. “We moved one piece there and pushed him inside, I think we had a couple of chances. Then we went with the two big forwards, but without much depth,” he explained.

The defeat also left the locker room shaken, as Delfino acknowledged. “Down. Nobody likes losing, much less three games in a row, so we have to turn it around,” he said. Even so, he expressed confidence in his players’ ability to respond: “It’s a group of players with pride, so next Sunday will depend exclusively on us and on them.”

Looking ahead, Delfino made it clear that the goal remains to fight for the top spots. “The objective now is to get into the top four. I said it last week. We talked about it with the players, we’re not stupid, it’s obvious. We have to think about getting out of this as quickly as possible,” he said.

Finally, the coach highlighted one positive aspect despite the defeat: “I think we had a few more chances than in other matches, that’s what I liked.” Colón will now have to recover mentally and look to snap the negative streak in its next match.

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