‘Barcos, Colindres like husband, wife’

Bashundhara Kings coach Oscar Bruzon highly praised his charges, especially Hernan Barcos and Daniel Colindres, after their 5-1 AFC Cup debut victory against TC Sports Club of Maldives at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.

"This game is something that we have been waiting for a long time. Our players were really excellent today," Bruzon said at the post-match press conference, likening the performance to a combination of Bengal Tigers and Spanish Bulls.

"His [Barcos] performance is out of words. Barcos is a world class player but it is not him alone, there are the likes of Daniel Colindres, Biplu [Ahmed], [Mohammad] Ibrahim. I think all of them were really outstanding," Bruzon said. "I think today's performance is one of the best but not the best one. Yesterday I was complaining about our conversion rate. We created more chances in domestic competition but today we managed to convert those. This is the performance we are going to produce throughout the season."

Then Bruzon brought a strange example in a bid to explain the effectiveness brought by the inclusion of Barcos.

"Colindres was like a single person without wife. I think Daniel and Barcos can be wife and husband. They understand each other, not only on the pitch but also off the pitch," said Bruzon.

Bruzon's counterpart Mohamed Shazly also admitted that Barcos made the difference.

"I said before that the difference is to have foreign players and it was not easy to stop him [Barcos]. Secondly the turning point of the match was missing our second penalty which actually made other players frustrated.

"It is not his [Bercos] height, rather his standard and skill was something that actually made the difference. Apart from his header, you might have seen how coolly he finished in his fourth goal and I feel it was because of all his quality," said Shazly.