Fernando Ortiz’s statements after the defeat against Cruz Azul in the first leg of the Clausura 2024 semifinals

The coach of the Monterrey Soccer Club, Fernando ‘Tano’ Ortizended up upset at the press conference after the 0-1 defeat against the Cruz Azul Football Club in the first leg of the semifinals of the 2024 Clausura Tournament.

This is because the Argentine coach was questioned again for being on the tightrope in these instances, after failing to advance to the grand final in previous tournaments.

“It’s a sport, right? And in that sport sometimes there are three results. In this case there is a defeat where we are all in a situation that no one likes to lose. We are faced with an opportunity on Sunday to be able to reverse the situation. I I trust and many of my players believe that we can go to Mexico City and play a good game and make that goal difference. And personally it is to repeat and repeat again, it seems as if I were the bad guy. movie. No, calm down, calm down, not everything revolves around what can happen to me. And this question is the first and ten will happen and they will happen again No. It’s a sport. “I am worried about wanting to reverse the situation.” The coach pointed out after the questions about the subject that have overwhelmed him for days.

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The coach admitted that the team did not compete in the first period and that caused them to lose.

“Yes, we must admit that in the first half we did not compete. In the second half we did have a change of attitude and we had a chance to tie it. When I say calm on my part it is because everything revolves around me. If I make it to a Semifinal, “That’s what I call for peace of mind. I have the trained and intelligent players to be able to reverse the situation.”

– Fernando Ortiz.

He ‘Tano‘He recognized that his players had a mental breakdown and his job was to recover them to fight in the second half, which he achieved, but it was not enough to reverse the score.

“The key moment is when they score the goal and the players fell a little, they were down… in the second half I told them what I considered to change the situation,” he said.

Finally, the strategist pointed out that he trusts that his team can reverse the situation and emerge afloat, being aware that they will need a victory by at least two goals.

“No (I don’t see it as complicated), there have been games where larger scores have been reversed,” he said.