The Brazilian coach referred to the absence of the national team’s midfielder in the duel for the second half of the Copa Libertadores.
Sporting Crystal suffered a tough 2-0 defeat by Nacional de Asunción in the first leg of the second round of the 2023 Copa Libertadores. Martin Tavara He was not part of the light blue team’s delegation, which caught the fans’ attention. Given that Tiago NunesRimenses technician, revealed the reason why the international has not traveled to Paraguay.
“For the Asuncion game it was not a sporting decision, I was told days beforehand that he cannot travel. He is 100%, technically he is fine, he is committed but for non-sporting reasons he could not travel .,” he said at a news conference.
On the other hand, the Brazilian strategist was optimistic about breaking the streak against the Guarani and qualifying for the next phase of this international competition.
“We have to be rational and understand how to approach the next game, we know we will lose 2-0 but nothing is lost, we have players to overcome this result. We have a chance to come back and move on to the next phase of the competition,” he explained.
When is the next Sporting Cristal game?
Sporting Crystal will play Deportivo Binacional on Day 6 League 1 2023. This duel will take place on Friday February 24th at 15:00 in Cusco.
Afterwards, the Celestes Nacional de Asunción host on Tuesday 28 February at 19:00 for the return to the second round of the Copa Libertadores.