Sporting Cristal and the rest of the Peruvian teams will be affected by the new quarantine enacted by the central government starting Sunday, January 31. And is that many of these teams had started their preseason in order to compete in the upcoming tournaments in the best way.
In the case of the Bajopontino team, they are not only preparing for the local championship, but also for the always complicated group stage of the Copa Libertadores. For this reason, his coach, Roberto Mosquera, has submitted a request to the relevant authorities to continue with the necessary work to reach the point of the main club competition in this part of the planet.
“The teams have to allow us to do tests on Monday and stay focused without going out for 15 days to finish our preparation. We have to prepare well, we represent the country, we are not going to a tournament. We are going to the South American Champions ”, indicated for ‘Soccer as a field’ by RPP.
Cristal sporting players during the Florida preseason. PHOTO: SC
“Regardless of 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’s a debt we have,” he added.
Likewise Mosquera made it clear that the championship could stay on the scheduled dates as the organization of the last tournament was already up to the task and would advance League 1 with the minimum number of COVID-19 infected.
“Last year was a major challenge for Peruvian football. Both Liga 1 and the FPF took the responsibility of moving football forward and I think we did it. Last year there were very high peaks in the discipline, there were some cases of Covid-19. But more than irresponsibility, it was because some had to travel. I think a cohesive championship has been made, ”he said.