Nicolás Talpone: "Our manager really values analysing the opposition" | OneFootball

Nicolás Talpone was a starter in the midfield for Colón, and the arrival of Ezequiel Medrán also gave him the chance to be the captain of a team that improved its image but couldn't return to victory.

In a conversation with LT10 (AM 1020), he acknowledged that the arrival of the new coach "gave us a bit of order in the short time he's been with us, beyond the result, I think we saw a solid team."

He further stated that "we feel at fault, and the other day was a great opportunity to change the image for the people and for us, as we haven't been doing well. We saw a Colón that was intense when pressing, simple when playing, and effective, although we couldn't close the game earlier; the team reached the opponent's area, and both I and the team felt comfortable."

The opportunity to wear the captain's armband

"Honestly, I took it with enormous joy and great pride. I know there are other guys who are leaders. Wearing the armband with Colón's jersey brought up a lot of things to fight for where I am, and the coach's trust was an important gesture of confidence, happy for that."

In another part of the conversation, the midfielder admitted that "Medrán worked on defensive order, not just with the defenders, from the 9 to the defenders, that's where we emphasized the most, it went almost perfectly except for the goal and another isolated play, the defense held up very well, a pretty solid team."

Looking at Defensores de Belgrano

The rojinegro squad left behind two days of work, to which Talpone highlighted: "We have a coach who values analyzing the opponent, surely this Wednesday we will see things about the defenders, we are working on physical aspects."

He later admitted that "Facu (Castro) and José (Barreto) did a good job without the ball, maybe forwards like it less, but they were the first to press and fight for second balls, which is very important for midfielders and defenders, it gives us a big breather."

A look at what's coming

Talpone, from an individual perspective, noted that "I felt good, happy with the treatment and trust of the coach, it's a year where we haven't been doing well, in my opinion, we played well. Happy for Oscar (Garrido), who always contributes and played well."

In his farewell, he stated: "We have to look forward, be positive, keep adding up and leave an important foundation for what's left, for next year, we have to leave a good image for the people and represent this very big jersey in the best possible way, things didn't go as we wanted, bow our heads and keep working."

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