Ocampos: “This victory has a lot of merit”

Lucas Ocampos, forward of Seville, who finished as a right back in the match against Krasnodar by the expulsion at the edge of the break of Jesus Navas, he stressed that “this victory has a lot of merit” against the Russian team, having achieved playing in numerical inferiority throughout the second half.

“The game did not start well. We were good until their first goal, but we always showed that we wanted to win. The key has been the desire we had to get the three points at home, we believed a lot in the work we are doing,” he said to the radio of Seville the international with the Albiceleste.

Ocampos He indicated that “obviously they are not the best months, but we have the same faith and the same desire, and today we show that we want to continue growing as a team,” he said.

With the expulsion of Navas and his relocation as a right-back, the Quilmes winger said he knew that in that situation he would have to cover “more space”, although the game also became “more open”, and was pleased that the Seville knew “take advantage of those spaces”.

“We needed it. We created good chances and then we had to be defending, but everything has gone well,” stressed the Argentine, who valued this victory “because the team had one less player”, although at halftime they spoke and agreed that “opportunities there was going to be “and they ended up” winning, which is the important thing. “

The sevillista attacker pointed out that the group stage of the 'Champions' “goes through its equator, but there is another section missing” which, as he assured, they are going to “face with great enthusiasm and all the faith in the world to pass” to the eighth of final, although before they will change “the chip” for LaLiga, in which they have three defeats in a row.

“The team is eager and confident. We need a victory in the League and we are going to work for it,” he said.