translated from Spanish: Esteban Valencia: “I thank the players for the support”

Esteban Valencia, interim coach of Universidad de Chile, highlighted the attitude that the squad has shown during his work on the blue bench and lowered the profile of Cristián Aubert’s statements about the search for a new coach. Regarding the position of the first team in an opaque moment of the club, twelfth in the National Championship and eliminated in the eighth round of the Copa Chile, the ‘Egg’ stated that “I thank the players for the support, they have talked about self-writing, we are happy with the response they have given us day by day and as long as there is no other coach we continue to work with them.” We’re focused and we’ve had two weeks that have been really good to focus the players and show them the team we want. The team has made a lot of progress in every point of view for what will be tomorrow’s game (against Deportes Melipilla),” he added. In the same vein, the former blue midfielder said that “I feel that the ‘U’ and its players have to be prepared to play differently, but the background is the same, we can not stop starring every game. We highlight the attitude of the players because everyone wants to be there.” Regarding the controversial remarks of Aubert, who said that there are no Chilean technicians who can take the ‘U’ today, Valencia said that “we must respect their opinion. I believe that at managerial level lessons have been learned to make the best decisions in the future. I feel very supported by him because he trusts in the work we can do. I would be the least identified to be offended.” I think there are Chilean technicians who can take charge of the ‘U’, but maybe today they are not available, you have to look at it from that point of view. They must be committed to finding the best alternative,” he added. Finally, regarding his future, the interim coach indicated that “internally we have talked with the leaders and the conversations have been positive, the club is going to take as long as it is enough to find the DT, we are still looking for the best 11 and pay off the debt of Copa Chile”.

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