Universidad Católica has quickly moved on from their thrilling victory against Audax Italiano in the Primera League, as the Cruzados prepare to travel to Brazil to face Cruzeiro on Wednesday for the second match of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores. Despite the busy schedule, Argentine forward Justo Giani downplayed the upcoming tough match against the Belo Horizonte team in the continental tournament. "It's what everyone wants, to play a match of this caliber during the week.
These are the matches players always want to play. With a victory, the mood is different; it's a good parameter to face them. They are a complicated team, but with our strengths, our style of play, and the things we corrected after Boca, we will go to Brazil to try to do our job.
You don't need an extra boost beyond playing in a tournament like this," the forward said at a press conference. "The mistake is in starting to calculate. Internally, we have to take it one game at a time.
When you start calculating, you get confused. We need to go and play a good match in Brazil, then in Calera, and so on. If we are not focused on the match itself, we would be in trouble, to put it mildly," he added.
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We don't get into that. " Finally, regarding his personal moment, where he has already scored nine goals this season, he commented: "My characteristics are not those of a scorer like Zampedri; I prefer to drift outside the box, but I have found a facet of myself. I have always liked getting into the box, but we have very good playmakers, people with great skills, and one has to know how to read that.
It's a streak I wasn't having before. Defenders often follow 'Toro,' and I end up more free, coming from behind, which perhaps makes it a bit easier for me.