«We have to swallow shit»: Lértora after Colón loss to Chaco For Ever | OneFootball

Colón de Santa Fe’s locker room was plunged into a state of deep frustration after the 1-0 defeat to Chaco For Ever in Resistencia. One of the top leaders of the Sabalero squad, Federico Lértora, faced the media after the postponed match and did not hide his anger over the result, pointing both to the bad luck surrounding the goal and to the terrible condition of the pitch.

The defensive midfielder was blunt in his assessment of the match and the home side’s efficiency. “The feelings are bad, negative, because we came here looking for the win. We’re leaving empty-handed. They only had one shot on goal and it went in,” the player lamented. Lértora placed special emphasis on the difficulties posed by the playing surface at the Juan Alberto García stadium and said plainly: “This pitch is a pigsty.” Along those same lines, he went deeper into the complications of the match by explaining that “on this pitch it was impossible to play. They had one shot on goal, it hit a teammate and went in. This result is not what we expected.”

Far from dodging responsibility, the midfielder acknowledged the hard emotional blow the group is going through and validated the fans’ discontent after letting a key chance slip to get back into the Primera Nacional fight. The player described the loss forcefully by saying that “it’s a punch to the chin.” He also reflected the squad’s internal mood by stating that “the locker room is hurting, angry, and sad. The guys know what Colón demands. We understand the fans’ anger. We have to take responsibility.”

Looking ahead to the Sabalero’s immediate future in the championship, the team leader made it clear what the group’s attitude must be in order to absorb the blow and turn things around in the next match. Lértora closed his analysis with a strong demand for the squad ahead of the upcoming trip to the south of the country: “We have to endure it, take whatever criticism we have to take, and go win in Madryn,” he concluded, also leaving a phrase true to his combative style: “

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