Unión: Julián Palacios' brutal honesty, what did he say? | OneFootball

“There’s always something missing to move forward, and we have to find the solution,” said the talented right midfielder. After the loss to Belgrano and the elimination in the Apertura, midfielder Julián Palacios made some strong statements and said his future at Unión “does not depend” on him.

Unión’s elimination in Córdoba left behind pain, frustration, and also voices full of sincerity. One of those who spoke bluntly after the defeat against Belgrano was Julián Palacios, who delivered a harsh self-criticism and admitted that the team felt the weight of the opponent too much.

“We’re leaving sad. They have a tremendous amount of quality, and it shows. I think we respected them too much. Still, they have a hell of a squad, and that carries weight. So I want to apologize to the fans. This hurts,” said the midfielder, in one of the strongest remarks of the night in Córdoba.

Palacios acknowledged that the team failed to show its best version in the first half and only reacted after the break. “We had a bad first half. Then we improved, but football has these things. I’m left with enormous sadness because there was a lot of hope,” he said.

Palacios, blunt at Unión after the elimination

Far from making excuses, the midfielder looked inward and spoke about a recurring shortcoming that Tatengue still has not managed to solve in these kinds of situations. “We have to be self-critical, because there’s always something missing to move forward, and we have to find the solution,” he said.

He also highlighted the effort of a squad that, in his words, once again competed at the limit of its possibilities. “It’s a small group, and even so it gave everything. I take my hat off to my teammates and to everything that was done during the year,” he said.

In the midst of the pain of elimination, he was also asked about his future and avoided giving any concrete definition. “That’s being handled by my agent and the club. My staying does not depend only on me,” he clarified.

Even so, he left a final impression that summed up the feeling in the red-and-white dressing room: “Belgrano was just a little bit better, but in these matches details are everything, and they found the way to unlock it.”

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