translated from Spanish: Mario Salas defended Insaurralde: “How many expulsions do you have? None”

Colo Colo’s coach, Mario Salas, referred on Thursday to the movements that his squad has had for the second semester, mainly with the departure of Esteban Pavez and the absence of reinforcements, and ruled out in addition that the defender Juan Manuel Insaurralde is a “dirty player”.
In a press conference at the Monumental, the ‘Commander’ unveiled the panorama of his squad to face the second part of the year, where the objectives are clear: to win the Chile Cup and be crowned champion of the National Tournament.
“It would be an issue if offers come to dismantle my campus, but it will be a challenge that we must take forward. I haven’t known if there are any more players tempting. For example, we speak the topic of Pablo Mouche, which also sounds to leave and Marcelo Espina mentioned that there was nothing formal,” he said.
Other players who could depart are Oscar Opazo, who is followed by Racing, and Esteban Paredes, who could go back to Middle Eastern football. However, both players would leave the ‘Cacique’ at the end of the year.
“Since the Championship is not over, there is no evaluation. What if we don’t qualify for international championships? The window is very closed, we can not bring national players because they served their 180 minutes, international neither. If I’m not sure what we’re going to play next year, I can’t think about the 2020 squad. What interests me now is to be well empowered for the second semester, we have to go out champion and win the places, from there we will see who can come or those who can leave,” Salas said.
Even the coach clarified that looking today for a striker in the face of a possible goodbye of the ‘Tank’ “is not a priority at the moment, because Esteban is still with us and we have players who can help us like Javier Parraguez and Iván Morales. The campus is closed in that position, although logically we will evaluate how to replace it when it leaves.”
On the other hand, former UC DT and Sporting Cristal flatly denied that Insaurralde is a “bad milk” player, following complaints from some Barnechea players.
“How many expulsions does Insaurralde have? None, right? That answers your question. The player who plays recklessly generally does not have complacency, and John has proven otherwise. The move they claim for me wasn’t even a foul,” he said.
As for the return to the courts of players such as Jaime Valdés, Esteban Paredes, among others, Salas expressed that he has no intention of rushing his return in order to avoid further injuries.
“I would like players to be available as soon as possible. But good coordination with the medical area must be met for full recovery,” he said.
“I hope to have full campus, but we have established recovery times, which are sometimes dilating because of problems. We need to be responsible for those moments so they don’t get injured again,” he said.
Finally, Salas explained his work philosophy and hopes to achieve important things with the campus he has. “There is no excuse, it is quite clear everything. I believe in work, I believe in day-to-day, I believe in my players. I’m sure with these players we’re going to make it to the top. We have to give the best tools to our players. If something happens that makes us fail, I’ll be responsible because I didn’t know how to get the juice out of these players,” he said.

Original source in Spanish