translated from Spanish: Pinilla: “I deeply regret that I left the U”

Mauricio Pinilla, current forward of Coquimbo Unido, appeared in the qualifier of the superclassic that was played during this day and that left a painful defeat for the blues, marking in the last seconds of the match and including a history or goal by Esteban Paredes.The battering ram remembered his time at the University of Chile in an interview and made clear his deep regret that he had left the lay painting to try to sign in To Columbus of Santa Fe, which later provoked his confrontation with the club leaders. It is almost a year and a half ago that Pablo Silva, then executive director of the Blue concessionaire, confirmed Pinilla’s retirement from the University of Chile but, despite the passage of time, this special occasion, marked by the worst moment that the draw has spent more than 20 years, they motivated the striker to confess to The Mercury Saturday magazine, noting that “I deeply regret that I left the U. I should have stayed and fixed the issue for which I was so upset with other people of m ayor rank. Not the ones I was arguing with and fighting.” Pinilla added that “When the proposal (of Columbus) arrived, the leaders who are so fond of me never came near me, no one spoke to me, no one called me, no one said anything; came and accepted the offer that had come from outside. I was so uncomfortable with what was going on in the U, I looked for a way out to avoid trouble, but obviously afterwards I regretted it. I’m very sorry I didn’t solve the problem,” the striker added, seeking to justify his actions. Anyway, the striker thinks it’s very difficult to return, and even opened himself up to the option of retiring: “It’s hard. I don’t know if I’m going to play next year, chances are I won’t. What interests me most is being close to my family.”

Original source in Spanish