The first leg of the semi-final between America and Chivas; a match where Guadalajara had the clearest actions in front of the goal, but they could not achieve the goal, especially because Ricardo Marin It didn’t go out on its best day.
The American youth squad had at least two clear actions to put the team ahead. Sacred Flockbut this time fortune did not smile on him and he had to bear the criticism of the fans at the end of the game.
The one who did not join these criticisms was Fernando Gagothe Argentine strategist of the Chivaswho showered his forward with praise and directed the conversation to the team’s ability to generate so many goal-scoring actions, despite not achieving them.
Regarding the specific question, Gago defended Ricardo Marin of the failures and assured that he has to see the entire context before classifying it as an error, since he added pressure for the instance and simply settled the issue saying that he could not mark them.
“It’s very easy to say, if the striker misses a goal. You have to reach goal situations, you have to have the moments, the pressures. Today he had two situations, he couldn’t score them, but nothing happens,” he mentioned. Gago at a press conference.
“Ricardo is a fantastic player who does a great job for the team”
– Fernando Gago
The coach of Chivas He seemed happy at a press conference despite not achieving victory, as he boasted 17 total shots on goal, of which six were on goal, something that he summarized as “the team had situations, played and that leaves me very happy.” .
“We dominated the opponent; we had situations to open the scoring. We played a great game and were superior.”
– Fernando Gago
This way, Fernando Gago He was positive about the result, but above all about the team’s performance ahead of the second leg in the Aztec stadiumwhere he already won this semester in the Concacaf Champions Cup.
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