Emilio Lara has been the great youth revelation of the Liga MX Opening 2022 tournament. The Club América defender became the starter at the most difficult moment for the Águilas. After Jorge Sánchez left for Ajax, ‘Pelón’ had to adapt as a right back and had a great performance in that position. His good performances even led him to the Mexican National Team to play a friendly in August.
Despite being only 20 years old, Lara has shown great personality on the pitch and it seems that he has spent many more years in the first division. However, the young defender has also had some big mistakes in recent matchups. In the second leg of the quarterfinals against Puebla, ‘El Pelón’ made a huge mistake in an exit during the first minutes of the match, which could have meant the first goal for La Franja.
In the end, the sweet potato growers did not score and the overall score of 11-2 that the Eagles achieved made this and other mistakes be forgotten. Fernando Ortiz, coach of the azulcrema team, indicated that the youth has his confidence and that due to his age it is normal for him to make mistakes.
“Emilio is young and he is going to make mistakes. He has my full support to start tomorrow, if he starts. I am responsible and I don’t see why he should be a robot being young. Néstor (Araujo) made a mistake and he is not young If they start they will have the full support of me and the coaching staff.”
– Ferdinand Ortiz
The Argentine strategist indicated that facing the first leg of the semifinals against Toluca, he will seek to minimize the team’s mistakes, specifically the accidental mistakes of the defense,
America and Toluca will face each other this Wednesday, October 19 at the Nemesio Die Stadium at 9:06 p.m.
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