"I want the fans to relate to me": Alan Bonansea on his return to Colón | OneFootball

Alan Bonansea, Colón’s new forward, appeared at a press conference at the Predio 4 de Junio after training and shared his first impressions. He expressed his great satisfaction about returning to the club, among other topics.

Personal Feelings and the Return to Colón

Bonansea appeared “very happy” and focused on physical preparation: “I’m very happy and getting in shape because in three weeks the championship starts and that’s what we need to do.”

Returning to the club where he came up through the youth ranks is “something beautiful” for him, and he takes it on with “a lot of responsibility.” He recalled that “as a kid you always dreamed of being on this side of the pitch” and today he feels “very proud of myself, for my family, and I’m very happy.”

Physically, he feels “very good” and is going “for more”, although when it comes to rating himself from 1 to 10, “I don’t know if that would be the answer.”

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Squad Analysis and the Importance of the Human Group

The player sees the team as “very good” and experienced in the division. The main emphasis is on “building the group”, something he considers vital for when “things don’t go our way” and that they must “become very strong as a group, which is what’s important.”

He describes the group as organized and getting to know each other as teammates: “We’re organizing ourselves quite well, getting to know our teammates. Clearly on the pitch we still don’t know each other in the best way, but off the pitch there’s a good group.” The good group is what will “give us that extra edge when things don’t go our way or a result doesn’t happen.” He believes that’s “very important” because “we’re going to have setbacks and we have to accept that and handle it in the best way possible.”

Coaching Staff’s Requests and Style of Play

Head coach Ezequiel Medrán asks the team to be “a compact group, for the eleven to give everything for their teammates.” Tactically, the things he asks for “also have to be carried out to perfection.”

Individually, Medrán asks him up front to “be relentless, fight for every ball. I think that’s what it’s about.” Bonansea tries to “adapt to what the coach asks and what the team needs, because you have to give your all for things to work.” He feels very identified with “fighting for every ball.”

Goals and Footballing Projection

Bonansea comes off his best goal-scoring season at Patronato (“I think in terms of goals, yes”). The competition for his position (with Castro and Cano) he considers “very nice because it makes you better” and “makes us better players.”

His objectives are clear: “to improve all the time and give my best for the club, which is the most important thing, and try to put theory into practice as best as possible.”

He likes Colón’s “ambitious idea” of attacking, with him up front and three offensive players behind. He stated that “We can’t do any less.” He didn’t talk about specific goal numbers because he prioritizes the group and the work, since “they’ll come on their own, exactly.”

The Connection with Julián Marcioni and Description for the Fans

He highlighted the arrival of Julián Marcioni, whom he already knew from Patronato: “It’s really nice because, as you said, we already know each other, we’ve assisted each other and scored goals together.” However, he clarified that “we also need to find several ways of working with other teammates so things can go even more perfectly.”

For the fans who don’t know him, Bonansea described himself as

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