“Everything is my responsibility, until now I had not experienced such a thing”, Alfredo Arias

To utter dismay, Uruguayan coach Alfredo Arias referred to Deportivo Cali’s painful elimination from the Copa Sudamericana when they fell 5-1 to Vélez in the second leg of the quarter-finals.

The sugar producers lost the series 7-1 overall and left a poor image in their farewell to the international tournament.

“We made a lot of mistakes, we made bad decisions, we despaired in front of a team that played very well. Everything is my responsibility, until now I had not experienced such a thing,” said Arias in the press conference after the game on tuesday night.

“We played four decisive games in a very few days and certainly this has had a negative impact on us. This affects us very emotionally and today we pay a lot of things that do not come from the game itself,” said Charrúa’s DT.

Complicated week for Cali after being eliminated from the Colombian League and now from the South American one.

“Up to a week and a half ago we were wise, beautiful and good and after these results we will definitely be asses, we will be ugly and bad and that’s what we have to take and accept,” said the coach.

Cali must now wait until December 30 to try again to qualify for the South American Cup when he disputes the odds with the winner of the Liguilla who contends with the teams eliminated from the championship finals.