Deportes Tolima arrived excited and left the Maracana humiliated, where Flamengo thrashed him 7-1 to deliver the worst defeat of Colombian soccer in the entire history of the Copa Libertadores.
It was the second blow in less than 15 days for Tolima and for its coach, Hernán Torres, who had just lost the League final against Atlético Nacional, with a goal from Jarlan Barrera in the 90th minute.
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Torres, resigned, appeared at the press conference at the Maracana and recognized two things: first, Flamengo’s superiority, and second, the difficulties in putting together the roster due to various injuries.
Torres spoke of absences that weighed on the Cup
“We don’t have the payroll. You know the players we have injured, that’s what we have and that’s what we put in, We don’t have more players, we band with them, ”explained the DT. “When things don’t work out, they overwhelmed us: they cannot be given advantages or spaces because they overwhelm us as they overwhelmed us,” he added.
Torres also acknowledged that Tolima had a very weak game, in which Flamengo overcame him with great authority.
“We were very imprecise, we lost the ball and each counterattack from them was a goal, especially in the second half. They were very fast, they attacked with two touches and they were forceful. Despite the difficulties, we had to put it in and we didn’t put it in,” said Torres.
The Tolima coach, who had just won two games in a row in Brazil, against América MG and Atlético Mineiro, did not want to compare Wednesday’s game with those games. “The Mineiro thing was different, all the games are different, that’s soccer and that’s the game,” he said.
Is Flamengo a candidate to win the Cup?
Regarding Flamengo’s options to win the Libertadores, Torres said: “Flamengo is always one of the candidates. What he presented today (Wednesday) was very good and we made it easier for them to do what they did, they were forceful, they scored every goal option, they are unbalanced, they know each other by heart, they play one and two touches and each time they we lost it was a goal, we didn’t have the balance to control the attack and that’s why the result was given”.
Torres was not asked about a possible departure from Tolima after the two blows he suffered in recent weeks.
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