Independiente Rivadavia draw at Gimnasia y Esgrima, Álex Arce comments, Digi Mart USA News: Independiente Rivadavia secured a valuable result from its visit to Gimnasia y Esgrima, drawing on the stroke of full time in a tense and emotional clásico.
After the match, Independiente Rivadavia striker Álex Arce spoke at a press conference about a game that was difficult numerically but in which the team never gave up. “I think we managed it quite well.
My teammates gave one hundred percent and a little more today, and at the end we got the effort we were looking for on the pitch,” the Paraguayan said.
Asked whether the team felt inferior against Gimnasia, Arce pointed to the team’s tactical solidity even while down a player. “We closed things off pretty well.
At the start, when we were 11 against 11, it was very even, a back-and-forth match. With 10 men we started to press a little more.
They didn’t create much danger, unfortunately on that set piece where they scored. After that they didn’t have many more chances, and we held our positions well; we knew one would come our way.”
Arce added: “You enjoy it a bit more because of the context of the match. We played almost half the game with one man fewer, and that is really valued.
I am very proud of my teammates for the effort that was made, and now we are going to enjoy this.”
He also looked ahead to the next fixture. “A final is coming up, so we already have to think about that and keep making history,” Arce concluded, referring to the upcoming match against Estudiantes de La Plata in the Supercopa Argentina.
