July 24, 2023, 8:39 AM
July 24, 2023, 8:39 AM
Bolívar’s technical director, Beñat San José, acknowledged feeling happy after the resounding victory (3-0) of his team over its classic rival, The Strongest, which took place on Sunday, at the Hernando Siles stadium in La Paz. The match was the highlight of date 20 of the Tigo League of the Professional Division of Bolivian soccer.
“I feel very good, very happy. Today the objective was not only to win the classic but to try to win it well, playing good football, attacking, making people feel proud”, said Beñat.
Bolívar was the fair winner of the classic, a victory that occurs against its traditional rival after three consecutive games without being able to do so.
“I told the boys that you had to fight every square meterbecause it is not only the ball but also the courage, the effort we make to recover it to attack again”, he added.
Also had words of praise for The Strongest, that despite the defeat, he continues to lead the round-robin tournament and now Bolívar is 5 points behind his classic rival.
“Very happy, congratulate all the Bolivarians. The trongest has a great team, great players, and their coach tooIn other words, it is not a question that when we win we close in on ourselves, there is also a rival”, said the Spanish coach.
Beñat was also consulted about the few minutes that the striker had Francisco da Costa, who entered after 79 minutes of the classic instead of Ronnie Fernández. Let’s remember that the Brazilian returned to the academy after his fleeting stint in Colombian soccer and the classic meant his debut in his second cycle in Bolívar.
“Francisco has come with the margin of doing a mini-preseason, he is a player with a tremendous physique but if he is not ready, he runs the risk of getting injured like any other player… I’m not in a hurry with him at all, because a game is not worth more than the remaining 30, to say the least… Please, I ask for patience, he’s human and he can get injured and we don’t want that”, emphasized Beñat San José.
