Maffini: "We just need to stick to what we do best" | OneFootball

The 32-year-old defender spoke with ADN GOL en Vivo about the current state of León, which is four points away from the top of one of the zones of the Primera Nacional, and next Monday they visit Colón for the 30th matchday of the Primera Nacional.

Yes, well, since the beginning of the year we set a goal, and more or less you realize when the club organizes a squad or hires a coaching staff and the way they do it and what they aim for, and well, this was clear since the end of last year, that they were going to try to build something serious and big to aim for the major goal, and well, then what you say, there are many people who are afraid to say it and so on, and well, I think a bit differently, I believe that if you speak very clearly about the goal, where it is and where we want to go, it is much easier for when it is close, so yes, obviously, we want to fight for promotion, also super aware and we know how difficult it is, but well, we are on the way and still in competition.

I think we were very consistent, the famous plateau of the B Nacional, although we had some matches that we drew consecutively, especially, and I think the deficit in the first round was not having won home games and having drawn a lot, but it seems to me that we were very consistent, and well, we are also having a very good streak in the last matches of consecutive victories, where not all teams manage to win, so I think that puts us well at the top.

Well, Iván is a bit, we know what Iván is, those who know the category and so on, and it also did us very well, because the club went through it, the first part of the year was a bit turbulent in terms of management, and really Iván's calmness and knowing how to handle it at a moment I think was key. The assembly of the squad is also all his, so we know that a team that assembles the squad is competitive and that's how he did it. And well, he is a leader who inspires calmness when things don't go well, and well, with us it really goes well, so well, very happy.

Look, I will speak personally, it seems to me that they have a great squad, name by name, if you start analyzing the names they put on the field weekend after weekend, it really is not a team that by the names should be there, but well, also I don't know, I don't know inside and I don't want to speak, but it seems to me that obviously the changes of coach and all that, in any group does not come so well to fight a championship, so well, from what I see from the outside, I tell you, really by name and by the quality of the player and the hierarchy they have, it is not a team to be where it is, but well, that is what the category has that is so tough and Argentine football in general.

No, well, yes, Iván, not yet, we have not thought about how he is going to approach it, but it seems to me that we should not deviate from what we normally do, and yes, what I see is that we have to be very careful, because as I told you earlier, there are players of great hierarchy, the pressure, if it can be used or not, is also welcome for us and so on, but well, we have to continue beyond who is in front doing what we do as visitors, also manage the times a bit so that the rival team gets a bit desperate, but above all for me, we have to be very attentive to the hierarchy of some Colón player.

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