Sporting Cristal

Sporting Cristal suffered a painful elimination from the 2023 Copa Sudamericana after only managing a goalless draw against Emelec in Guayaquil when the celestial team needed a victory to keep their aspirations in the continental tournament alive.

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The team led by Tiago Nunes dominated the actions for some moments of the match, creating some goal opportunities that they couldn't convert. After the result, Roberto Palacios criticized the lack of effectiveness in front of the opposing goal of Brenner Marlos throughout the season, despite his recent standout performances with the rimenses.

"I have nothing against Brenner, who I imagine wants to do well in Sporting Cristal, but we are over halfway through the year. Despite scoring goals, we need more effectiveness. We haven't achieved it in three years," said 'Chorri' in an interview with Liga 1 Radio.

'Chorri' was emphatic about effectiveness

Former player, identified with the club from La Florida, emphasized the goal-scoring situations that the team had in the cup match, mentioning that the squad is lacking a player who knows how to coolly define a play.

"Sporting Cristal is missing a player with cool blood to define plays. In a match like this (against Emelec), they had few opportunities. In the second half, they had possibilities and there was space to reach the opposing goal, but it wasn't converted," he added.

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