translated from Spanish: Poyet after the win for Liberators: “It was the best match of the year for us”

The coach of Universidad Católica, Gustavo Poyet, externalized his satisfaction tonight by the performance deployed by the cross-table in the 3-1 victory over Nacional de Uruguay, in San Carlos de Apoquindo, in the first triumph for the Copa Libertadores 2021.
The strata of Uruguayan origin took fresh air with the result on the ‘Bolso’, as it was highly questioned by the level presented by UC at the start of the National Championship and the continental contest.
At the time of the analysis, the technician of the national football’s three-time runner-up did not hesitate to point out that “today was the best match of the year for us.” “We had studied Nacional well and knew where we could hurt. The players who came in and those who came in understood it perfectly,” he said.
Then the third DT of Real Betis, Brighton & Hove Albion, Sunderland, AEK Athens and Girondins of Bordeaux was annoyed by the consultations. “I’m surprised all the questions are negative. Looks like we lost! Were we losing positive? We’re working on what happened today. We played better, we scored more goals, we made the best game of the year. Let’s be a little positive that we’re at a terrible time globally and enjoy a little bit of the matches,” he said.
In the face of what was coming, Poyet was clear. “We have to aim for the maximum and the maximum is to win everything. If we can repeat what we did today, we’ll have a great chance. Rivals play, it’s not easy. I keep the word of Diego Valencia: enjoy, it is Copa Libertadores, we are privileged and today all the fans of Católica enjoyed,” he said.
As for the differences between today and previous crossings, the Uruguayan said that “collective understanding changed. In other matches we had minutes and today was more complete. The level of training, the competition that is given makes the team grow and we will continue to improve. I hope it’s not a day, a moment, I want to see it on Saturday, Wednesday and the next week.”
Finally, the UC coach said that “our idea of gambling was to try to hurt despite being organized and defending well. We had to score a goal, we had three games un scored. An accident can change course and today it was a penalty which gave us the option to look for more. We hit the stick, created more chance, the team stepped forward and I’m very happy for the players, because they can go home happy and enjoy the day, it was heavy after losing three games.”

Original source in Spanish