Ospina, without reproaches: “the whistles are fine if there are no results”

David Ospina has no reproaches for the fans, or for his teammates, for anyone. He only looks ahead, for Argentina and for what may be the last illusion, tenuous by the way, to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The captain against Peru spoke of that painful defeat, acknowledged that he was wrong but asked for confidence in the group and peace of mind to win the remaining 9 points.

The mistake against Peru

After the game it was very difficult, we had aspiration to achieve the result at home to get closer to the goal. This is a duel for a maximum of one day, but we have to get ourselves together because we have another final on Tuesday where we have a chance of qualifying. Fixed what needed to be fixed. The mistake is about football, it’s always about doing things right, things are looked for so that everything goes well, we had to lose the game we wanted to win but we are the ones who can pull this off

How to get up?

We always live this, in football there are moments of happiness and sadness but there is always a sunrise. As long as there is a chance we will fight until the end, when you talk about the past games nobody passed us over, Colombia tried to score goals, for different reasons the victories did not come, we cannot stay at that, now to wait for what comes, Argentina is the challenge, we have great players and that is important.

What is the mood of the group?

We are all responsible for what has been happening, we try to do it well, the rivals prepare too, we try to go out for the three points, the teacher prepares the games to achieve the results but now we have to get up, we know we have what to face these games that we have left, starting with Argentina to rebuild the path with the help of God.

Argentina with casualties
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We know its potential, the players it has, the process it has undergone, they are players who are in Europe and at the national team level they do very well. They have enough players to be a very competitive team always. We have to do our job, prepare what Colombia can give and that the result comes and that the path can be recomposed.

public annoyance

​At the end of the game we felt disappointment, the people who accompany us can react in that way when the result is not positive, which is not okay to throw things because they can hit someone; whistles are fine when there are no results, on our part we try to do our best, they are game circumstances. We have not been able to count on luck when defining, against Peru we had 70 minutes with them in their goal, we proposed, but that is football, a ball from them unbalanced the game and they took three points, sometimes it has also touched to win at the last minute. Now it is to open another page, to lift because as soon as there is a chance you have to fight until the end.

Did the physical issue affect Barranquilla?

It is a question for the moment that we live but Barranquilla has qualified for World Cups twice, it is known that it is difficult to play there, this time it has not turned out as wanted but it is for the moment, later we will see what to do but Barranquilla has always been the headquarters of the Selection.

criticism

It is in these situations that we need calm, tranquility, knowing that we have very good players, with experience, they always come to contribute to the National Team, nothing has to be changed here, each one must contribute what they have been contributing, play the game that raises the teacher, everything starts from that base.