translated from Spanish: Matías Rodríguez praised Mago Jiménez: “It’s a fundamental pillar”

Matías Rodríguez, captain of the University of Chile, pointed on Tuesday to the objectives of the blue draw ad portas of the resumption of the 2020 National Championship, stating that “the idea is to fight for the tournament”. In this way, the experienced side of the schoolboy cast rules out the thought of saving himself from relegation. Remember that the blue box should climb on the weighted table, after a 2019 for forgetfulness. Meanwhile, the team led by Hernán Caputto is in the fourth place of the current contest with 14 points, five from the leader Catholic University.In press conference, Rodríguez spoke of the return of the activity and entrance clarified that “the idea is to fight for the tournament, and not fight in the lower zone. We already have last year’s experience, and we didn’t want to look at that area, we’re hopeful to fight for winning the tournament and reaching international cups.” As for the return this weekend of national football, where the ‘U’ faces Palestinians on Sunday, August 30, the 34-year-old said that “it’s been a long time, the truth is that it’s going to be very rare, but we think we’ve worked the best way to get there well, respecting everything. It will be a rare environment without audience, with a lot of control of how we behave and then it’s like playing another tournament. But we know that we must start on the right foot, believe in the work done and believe that we arrive physically well.” It will be all very weird, play without people, with many protocols until before the ball starts rolling, so we will have to get used to this, and if you make a goal at 93, and you win the game… It will be complicated, it will have to be controlled at all times,” he added. Regarding the opponent in the resumption, Palestinian Ivo Basay, the winner of eight titles with the ‘U’ indicated that “obviously one stays with the last, but they have been with the same coach for a long time, so you have to look at what the team did in the first games or what the coach has done.” I think the ‘Magician’ (Luis Jiménez) is the fundamental pillar, when he is on the court it is noticeable. He’s the game maker, he handles the times, he’s smart, so you have to control it. But they also have sides that go on the attack, or take advantage of the spaces they leave. Obviously we’re careful what they can do,” he said.

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