Alberto Gamero still does the math and explained the radical change in the Millonarios payroll

However, Gamero highlighted what his team did and explained, in the press conference, why he made the decisions in the preparation of the roster and the changes.

The approach. “I think we proposed a game that was almost a mirror structure. At times, for most of the game, we got what we wanted, to counter a team that is strong on the still ball and that had two powerful players like Micolta and Mosquera and a more creative one like Sambueza. Control it well. We try to get possession and we try to get there. As we proposed it, it didn’t go well. One point is that we wait for the result of Pereira-Junior to see how this group continues.”

The changes. “We had seen what Pereira is and what Bucaramanga is, we saw it in Bogotá and we saw it here. Bucaramanga came to us twice and scored a goal for us. At times we go out and sometimes propose more than the rival. Today there were many things to do what we did, surround many players, like Arias and Banguero who were not playing, we had to protect them both on that side, good protection. The case of Macka, who is a player that we need to have in a position where he does not run as much and we support him with three midfielders, two interiors and a center midfielder, and the case of Carvajal. It was a structure designed around what they do. In Bogotá the most important were the wingers, today my wingers played hand in hand with their wingers, we controlled the game well and had an advantage in the middle of the field. At times it came out. I don’t think it was a mess, we played like that against Pasto.”

Why the game ended without ‘9’. The thing about Emerson for Carvajal was going to come in earlier: we had to put up with the change we made for Moreno Paz, we had been there for two moments, Arias told us that he had felt pain. What were we looking for, for (Rodríguez) to unbalance forward, for him to remain hand in hand with the forwards. He had the clearest option in the game.”

Patience with Carvajal. “There are times when the scorer is a scorer, but sometimes you see the work that the scorer does: he was doing a good job, pivoting well, he was associated with Silva, with Banguero and with Alfonzo, it was wear and tear. It was budgeted that Brochero could come in as ‘9’ or Rivaldo as a midfielder. He is a young player, who has to score at any time, we are giving him confidence and that he also feels calm with the group, that he provides the team in the defensive and offensive part.”