Ezequiel Medrán: "Colón called and I didn’t think twice" | OneFootball

Ezequiel Medrán gave his first statements as Colón's coach this Friday before his debut against Chacarita. The new technical director spoke about his decision to take over at the sabalero at this critical moment, among other topics.

His arrival at Colón

"The call from José Luis Martín as vice president of the club came up, then I spoke with Víctor (Godano), obviously we talked about the present, about what's left of the championship, and personally it's an important challenge, convinced of what's coming from now on, we know of the complexity we're going through, of the difficulty the tournament has, but convinced that we can do it well by the end of the tournament."

About the decision to come to Santa Fe, "I had two concrete possibilities abroad and in the course of that trip, the call from Colón came up and I didn't hesitate, it's feelings, it's sensations. Obviously, I talked to my technical staff, we quickly analyzed everything, obviously we had studied the squad because we competed with Colón, we analyzed in depth the need we're going to have and we're convinced that we can do it well, I'm really happy to have this possibility of coming to an institution as big as Colón."

The squad

About his knowledge of the squad, he stated: "I was in a process with Gimnasia de Mendoza that we were competing in the same category, so I have a full knowledge of the squad, from having faced them, from being in our zone, and obviously, one then finds out about the day-to-day, how they compete, one has a clear trajectory of the players." And he added: "Colón surely at the beginning of the year was armed with the intention of being the protagonist of the tournament and today you find yourself with this reality that you have to accept."

"I had a good chat with the squad, we're aware of the moment we're going through, but with the conviction that we're going to move forward."

His idea of the game and Chacarita, the next rival

Regarding his idea of the game, he specified: "I like to take charge of the game, to take possession of the game, with the ball, without the ball. Obviously, we've had three days of work. We already have an important game with Chacarita, who is one of the animators of the tournament."

And regarding what he expects from the team against Chacarita: "We know the complexity of the game" and he added, "we've made focuses on correction at a group level in terms of how we like to compete, in a compact team, that we have good runs forward, backward, that we can have good transitions, that we work well the duels. In short, we've worked on concepts and we've applied, based on the time we have, clarity on how we want to compete."

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