Millonarios is a finalist for the 2022 BetPlay Cup, and that satisfied Alberto Gamero. The coach, as always aware of the good and the bad of his team, did not escape self-criticism about the 2-2 draw with Medellín in the second leg semifinal; but he highlighted the attitude of the team to overcome the adversities of the game.
“We played a very bad first half, but we have to admit that in addition to playing badly, Medellín beat us, did good things. We got confused and we didn’t have good ball control, the first goal fell on us like a bucket of water and the second even worse and then the expulsion, ”said the Albiazul coach.
Gamero celebrated the change of his team in the second half: “We played as a team with hierarchy, category. We matched up with Luis Carlos Ruiz, who stayed with the two central defenders and from then on we had to be eight against eight. The team’s transitions and the need to score a goal, we wanted to qualify directly and I value their attitude. When we tied the game, Medellín went out looking for it and we defended ourselves well”.
“It makes me proud to see that litter of players fight, try to play well. I told them, we’re going 0-0, and that’s where they got hierarchy, caste of what they’ve been doing, because drawing a game 2-2, with ten men, against a good team like Medellín, is a credit to these guys, no one gave a ball for lost. They knew that this is not the Millionaires who are used to playing in El Campín or anywhere, they realized mistakes and that it was time to give a little more, “said the ambassador coach.