Ezequiel Medrán: "Colón called and I didn’t think twice" | OneFootball

Ezequiel Medrán gave his first statements as Colón's coach this Friday before his debut against Chacarita. The new technical director spoke about his decision to take over the team at this critical moment, among other topics.

His arrival at Colón

"The call from José Luis Martín, the club's vice president, came, and then I spoke with Víctor (Godano), obviously we talked about the present and what's left of the championship, and personally it's an important challenge, convinced of what's to come from now on, we know the complexity we're going through, the difficulty of the tournament, but convinced that we can do it well and finish the tournament in a good way."

About his decision to come to Santa Fe, "I had two concrete possibilities abroad and during that trip, the call from Colón came and I didn't hesitate, it's about feelings, sensations. Obviously, I discussed it with my technical staff, we quickly analyzed everything, obviously we had studied the team because we competed with Colón, we analyzed in depth the need we're going to have and we're convinced that we can do it well, I'm really happy to have this possibility to come to an institution as big as Colón."

The team

About his knowledge of the team, he stated: "I was in a process with Gimnasia de Mendoza that we were competing in the same category, so I have a full knowledge of the team, from having faced them, being in our zone, and obviously, one then finds out about the day-to-day, how they compete, one has a clear idea of the players' trajectory." And he added: "Colón surely at the beginning of the year was formed with the intention of being the protagonist of the tournament and today you find yourself with this reality that you have to accept."

"I had a good talk with the team, we're aware of the moment we're going through, but with the conviction that we're going to move forward."

His playing style and Chacarita, the next rival

Regarding his playing style, he specified: "I like to take charge of the game, to take possession of the game, with the ball, without the ball. Obviously, we've had three days of work. We already have an important game against Chacarita, who is one of the teams that's animating the tournament."

And regarding what he expects from the team against Chacarita: "We know the complexity of the game" and added, "we've focused on correcting group-level issues regarding how we like to compete, in a compact team, that we have good runs forward, backward, that we can have good transitions, that we work well on duels. In short, we've worked on concepts and we've applied, based on the time we have, clarity on how we want to compete."

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