Sporting Cristal and the rest of the Peruvian teams will be affected by the new quarantine decreed by the central government, which starts on Sunday, January 31st. And it is that many of these teams have started their pre-season to face the next tournaments in the best way.
In the case of the Bajopontino team, they are preparing not only to play the local championship, but also to always face the complicated stage of the Copa Libertadores groups. For this reason, his coach, Roberto Mosquera, asked the relevant authorities to be able to continue the work necessary to reach the most important club competition in this part of the world.
“The teams must allow us to test on Monday and stay focused without going out for 15 days to finish training. We have to prepare well, we represent the country, we don’t go to any tournaments. We go to the South American Champions,” he said. for “Football as a field” of the RPP.
Sporting Cristal players during the Florida pre-season. PHOTO: SC
“No matter where we play Copa Libertadores, what matters to me is preparation. I can’t prepare for Zoom, because Libertadores is not a challenge for us, it is a duty we have,” he added.
Similarly, Mosquera made it clear that the championship could stay on schedule, as the organization of the last tournament was already up to the task, leading League 1 ahead with the minimum number of COVID-19 infected.
“Last year was an important challenge for Peruvian football. Both Liga 1 and FPF took on the responsibility of taking football forward and I think we did. Last year there were very high peaks of discipline, there were “Some cases of Covid-19, but more than irresponsibility, it was because some had to travel. I think a coherent championship was made,” he said.