Ramón Díaz praises Carrillo and team, but says: 'pressure is there.'

Corinthians faced Universidad Central de Venezuela this Wednesday (26), for the Copa Libertadores, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), at Neo Química Arena.

Timão won the return leg, 3-2, and with the final aggregate score of 4-3, qualified for the third phase of the Libertadores preliminary round.

After the game, coach Ramón Díaz spoke about the championship and its demands.

"Before the competition started we had already talked about it, it's completely different, there's a lot more pressure, and the demands are very high. We have to thank those who followed us, but it's going to be like this until the end, they're tough matches, with totally different teams to play against than the ones we have here in Brazil."

Still, Díaz talks about the match and the team.

"We know that when you're a big team, you have to win. But also, to win, you have to play well. You saw how the first goal went, playing well, making combinations, and scoring the goal. There were moments that I liked, because of the intensity. We have a lot of quality, with Memphis, Garro, Carrillo, Breno. We have a lot of game, a lot of quality, but the pressure is there."

In the last minutes of the second half, Yuri Alberto scored the winning goal, qualifying Alvinegro for the next round, in which they will face Barcelona de Guayaquil, on March 5, at 5 pm (Brasília time).

But before that, Timão will face Mirassol in the quarter-finals of the Paulistão, on March 2nd, at 6:30 pm (Brasília time), at the Neo Química Arena.