‘It’s a hard blow’: Medrán’s verdict after Colón loss in Resistencia | OneFootball

The 1-0 defeat to Chaco For Ever hit Colón de Santa Fe hard. The frustration is not rooted solely in the three points dropped in Resistencia, but also in the clear footballing setback compared to the solid display shown the previous week against Defensores de Belgrano. Head coach Ezequiel Medrán acknowledged the collective disappointment and offered a detailed assessment of the team’s current situation.

A match of two faces and a fatal mistake

“It’s a hard blow because we had different expectations based on what the team had been building in this final stretch of the first half of the season. We wanted to impose our game and take control of the match,” the coach admitted as he left the dressing room.

In his analysis of the game, Medrán clearly distinguished the two halves: “I feel that in the first half we set a good tempo, good intensity, and created chances to get forward and score. In the second half, we couldn’t find a way through. The match flattened out and we couldn’t get out of that situation.”

He also detailed the chain of lapses that led to the only goal of the afternoon: “The play started from a set piece in our favor that we didn’t execute well. Then came a counterattack that seemed under control, the foul happened, and they took advantage of that set piece to score.”

Conclusions from the first half of the season: prominence with ups and downs

Despite the frustration of the ending, the tactical leader stressed that Colón remains among the frontrunners, though he did not avoid self-criticism over the points squandered along the way. “Today is a match we have to take responsibility for because we didn’t resolve it the way we wanted. Now we have to make a deep analysis of what this first half of the season left us and draw conclusions. The tournament has shown us that if we want to stay near the top, we have to fix certain things,” he said.

Looking back at the semester as a whole, the coach alternated between satisfaction and demands: “At times we competed really well. We were at the top and were among the main contenders in the championship. But there were also draws and matches where we felt we left points on the table.”

The transfer market and the need to strengthen

With the break now underway, Medrán was categorical in saying that the current squad needs new faces to face the decisive stage of the Primera Nacional, a stretch where mistakes will be costly. “It’s clear that we need reinforcements. At the start of the year we made a major rebuild of the squad and, as always happens, there were things we got right and things we got wrong. Now we have to identify where Colón needs to improve,” he warned.

Without giving any hints about specific names, the coach confirmed that talks with the club’s leadership and sporting director are already in progress: “The club is working on bringing in players. If we want to take control of the tournament, there is no margin for error in the second half of the season.”

The search for consistency and the message to the fans

Regarding the understandable demands of the Sabalero environment after every misstep, Medrán showed empathy with the fans’ feelings and stressed the enormous responsibility on their shoulders. “There’s a city full of hope, and we feel we owe them. We know we’re doing a lot of good work and that there is commitment, but also that we have flaws we must identify and correct,” he said maturely.

To close, the coach insisted that the great footballing challenge for the second half of the tournament will be to eliminate the team’s inconsistency: “What hurts most is not having been able to repeat what we did so well against Defensores de Belgrano. We were looking for that consistency and we didn’t get it. Now we have to grow stronger to compete better in the second part of the tournament,” he concluded.

The Colón squad will now enjoy a few days of rest before returning to formal activity, a period during which the coaching staff will evaluate performances, await new signings, and try to smooth out the flaws that were exposed in northern Argentina.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.