“The team shows its face and speaks where it needs to speak.”. Eduardo Dominguez He did not avoid the logical question that surrounded all Estudiantes de la Plata after A A scandalous week in its broken institutional relationship with the Asian Football Confederation. “Pencha” coach after beating Central Cordoba 1-0 in Santiago del Estero, He spoke for the first time after the unprecedented punishment he imposed on the 11 starters From the match against Rosario Central that they earned because they turned their backs on the designated champion of the Professional League, being the team that scored the most points in the annual table.
“The team shows its face and speaks where they need to speak.”
🔥 Barba Domínguez was consulted about the backlash in the Rosario Central concourse, Veron’s leadership battle and everything surrounding Estudiantes: it was clear! pic.twitter.com/Fq8P2D3KcE
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“The Beard” in front of the cameras and before sitting down to give the press conference, he planted a passionate kiss on his wife Brenda BianchiFerry’s daughter, who was waiting for him inside the room of the Madre de Ciudades Stadium in Santiago del Estero. “My hug with my wife here is because they didn’t let her go to the other side, I hugged her from the other side. It’s because I love her, she’s here, she has nothing to do with it, they’re starting to assume it’s a dump of I don’t know what it is, she’s my wife.”He explained.
“They did not let her pass to the other side,” Barba Domínguez explained the situation with his wife in Santiago del Estero. pic.twitter.com/h6PWFjR2Qr
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True to his style, the coach never lost his temper and always tried to avoid any controversy, especially with what happened since last Monday, when the AFC moved firmly against “Pencha”, which also led to the president being excluded for six months. Juan Sebastian Veron. He admitted, saying: “Everything that is talked about from the outside affects us and has certainly affected us,” in response to those who point to the way Estudiantes qualified for the final league qualifiers. “I hear them saying, ‘He came in through the window.’ The truth is, we got in last, but we were already inside.”He said
“Both against Central and in this game, the team showed the face it has shown all year.”,complete..
In analyzing the victory over Ferroviario, the Lyon coach noted: “We had to come back because Central Cordoba exploits a lot of play behind the defence. In the first half it was difficult for us to get the ball, but in the second half we found better spaces on both sides and that is how the goal came.”.
And in the semi-finals, waiting for the winner of the match between Paracas Central and Gimnasia Classic, Dominguez avoided making a favorable decision and allowed himself to get excited: “We started to believe in ourselves more, the team became stronger, more solid and understands how to play matches, knowing that they are all finals. “We can’t do anything with what’s happening in the other matches. We have to focus on ourselves and try to reach the final, which is what we want.”.