Painful Lessons Learned In Morelia's Scoreless Libertadores Draw

Morelia manager Tomas Boy said his team is learning what Copa Libertadores is about after a difficult match against Nacional of Uruguay.

Feb 24, 2010 9:32:00 AM

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Morelia had three points for the taking against Nacional of Uruguay in their Copa Libertadores match.

Several times, Morelia players found themselves in great position to score a goal, but poor marksmanship kept Morelia from scoring. Consequently, the teams played to a scoreless draw and split of pair of points.
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Morelia manager Tomas Boy said the result was product of poor finishing.

"Our aim was off," Boy said. "In the first half we created several opportunities but we failed on our last touch and the game grew more complicated after that."

While the team did well to keep Nacional off the ball, Morelia nevertheless gave the manager something to fret over.

"We simply failed to put the ball in the opposing goal," said Boy, who was sent off for arguing with the officials late in the game. "If we cannot put the ball away from two meters out, then we need to worry."

Offense has been a premium for Morelia of late. In their two league games leading up to the Nacional match, Morelia lost 1-0 to Cruz Azul and tied Toluca 0-0. Their shutout at the hands of Nacional now marks three consecutive games the club has failed to score.

The latest shutout was not for lack of trying.


"We created chances but we just failed to put them away," he said. "Elias Hernandez had a chance on goal, (Luis Gabriel) Rey had another one, (Hugo) Droguett another two and, well, we created and created opportunities but just could not put them away. In that sense, we shoudl continue working so we could resolve games for the better."

Still, the club gained a clearer picture of Copa Libertadores, however painful the lesson may have been.

"My team is understanding what this competition is about," he said. "We need to play with more intensity and finish our opportunities better. We learned an important lesson on how you should play a Copa Libertadores match."

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