A Ángel Guillermo Hoyos likes to establish parameters and comparisons with his players, and this time again Gonzalo Jara, of whom he already said in the past that he had "things of (Gerard) Piqué)".
Now, the coach of Universidad de Chile expressed that he sees the defender in a very unusual position for his sports career. "For me Gonzalo Jara is like a withdrawn 10 and it is a way of seeing it, because the passes between the lines, the speed with which he gives them, the crossed long balls he hits, and the precision he has makes me believe that. An example of this is the goal against Deportes Iquique, because it comes from a pass from him to Nicolás Guerra," he said in a conversation with Fox Sports Radio.
The blue strategist further justified his opinion about the national defender. "It is a situation that I experienced. We lost the third game with Huachipato as visitors 2-1, but there was a particular play, in which Angelo Sagal makes a movement in 'L' that implies a very difficult reading for the defender. This causes Gonzalo to reduce depth, capture the long ball that came behind, bring it down with his chest, and play it out. For me, that implies enormous quality," he said.
Hoyos also gave his analysis of the moment in the national tournament. "In Chile, it is difficult to win, it is not easy. It is difficult to reinvent oneself every day and every game. In the first competition, which was a blessing, we became champions and then reached the final. In the second tournament, we fought until the last game, but we got there," he said, in the prelude to Saturday's friendly with River Plate.
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