translated from Spanish: Paulo Díaz recalled bitter ending with Flamengo: “I had a hard time getting it out of my mind”

The Chilean defender of River Plate, Paulo Díaz, commented on the sensations left by the hard loss 2-1 against Flamengo in the final of the Copa Libertadores 2019, in definition played in Lima, Peru.The former Palestinian, Colo Colo and San Lorenzo entered the 76 minutes to the field of the Monumental Stadium of the Peruvian capital, at a time when the ‘millionaires’ won by 1-0.Díaz admitted in dialogue with the Argentine press that could have done more in the 1-1 partial, work of Gabriel Barbosa at 87′ Already in discounts already in the discounts , ‘Gabigol’ took advantage of an unintelligence between two rival defenders and with a powerful left-hander beat Armani and gave the ‘Mengao’ the win.” I didn’t think the goals were going to be scored right in the final minutes. I thought when I came in i was going to close the game,” the sports newspaper Olé said. I spent two days analyzing what happened. Not looking at pictures, but in my head. I had a hard time getting it out of my mind. In the early days I didn’t want to know anything. I was just thinking about what those two minutes were,” he said. Even the national goal scored that “I think on the first goal I could have done something else. But that’s it. He’s already lost. Now we have to turn the page. A new edition of the Cup is coming and hopefully we’re back in the final.”

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