“Boca have a strong squad”: Miguel Ángel Russo reflects on the thrashing | OneFootball

After Boca’s thrashing of Independiente Rivadavia, Miguel Ángel Russo spoke to the press and analyzed his team’s performance. The coach praised the squad and insisted that he does not see securing his first victory in his third spell at the club as a show of support from the players.

The manager began by analyzing the tactical approach, something that had been questioned: “Ultimately, I set up the match this way, but that doesn’t mean it will always be the same. We’ll keep improving, looking to raise our standards. Now we have a tough home match coming up and we have to be ready for anything, in Argentine football everything changes constantly. We’re at a level where the competition among the players themselves is growing, which is what I’m looking for and what I want. In the end, Boca has a strong, large squad and in every match we’ll have to choose the best available and what we need.”

Russo.

He also spoke about the importance of the win to put behind the worst streak in the club’s history: “We value it in the way we came looking for it: we were smart and that adds up, it adds a lot of things at the group level, at the squad level, always looking for the best. Looking to grow and foster competition among everyone, healthy competition, and I’m happy because they’re happy, they needed something like this too. We have to keep working and growing.”

He also referred to the decision to have almost the entire squad travel to Mendoza: “The bet is always, let’s see… It’s not the first time this has happened to me, in 2020 when I started at Boca and all, it was always the same for me, the same way and the same approach: looking to compete at a high level. It seeks a lot of things. Many asked why everyone was coming, back then we all went everywhere and now it comes up: ‘the whole group is here’… The group is here, we have to strengthen it, we’ve always gone everywhere together, that’s very good, because it raises the level, the competition, it raises a lot of things. We’re getting players back, we’re maintaining the form and the approach that’s needed at a club like Boca, at this level.”

To conclude, Russo was asked if he felt this victory was a show of support from the players for the coaching staff and he commented: “No, we’re fine. We’ve been talking a lot. It’s normal, it’s natural, we talk about all the good, all the bad. About what we have to do to grow, I set the guidelines, the ways of working, so that they grow and compete at a high level, this is Boca. I’ve experienced different phases and different ways, always having competitive, high-level teams.”

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