Although the Rayados de Monterrey come from being champions of the Concacaf Champions League, the set led by Javier Aguirre He was due in the regular phase of the Apertura 2021 tournament, so much so that in the last date they have not yet assured their qualification even to the repechage and in case of losing to America on date 17 they could be eliminated.
Late in the middle of the tournament, the team was at the top of the rankings, but in recent days they had accumulated five games without knowing the victory (a draw and four consecutive defeats), which made them lose many places in the face of the closing .
Therefore, on the last date against the Eagles they need the victory to minimally advance to the next round, otherwise they will have to wait for negative results from other teams so as not to be among the best 12 in the general classification.
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For that reason in the press conference prior to the match against the azulcrema team, the ‘Basque‘He was upset by the results of his team, accepting that the performance has not been as expected, but not without giving a reminder that the team did not strengthen completely well, since it had nine casualties and only had five discharges.
“I attribute it to the fact that nine came out and five came, four injured in 80% of the games, we suffered with injuries from the reinforcements and we had to pull the youth players.”
– Javier Aguirre.
“Bad, we made very few points, we closed very badly. Regular, bad closing, we had a good period in the middle of the tournament to the regular beginning. Then we had nuances but I already qualified,” he said about the closing of the tournament.
Regarding the revenge that the Eagles will seek after falling in the Concachampions final, the Mexican coach declared that he sees his players very strong and eager to win at the Azteca Stadium.
“My team is doing well, wanting to play a good game at Azteca, strong with desire, we lose players due to injury, but wanting to finish well in the league,” he said.
The Albiazul coach made it clear that the team is prepared and confident of being able to qualify at least to the playoffs knowing that they have to improve as they have left their duty in the league.
Finally, he did not want to secure the championship for the Monterrey team, as he is aware that the 12 who will qualify will have opportunities.
“I don’t know about the institution, the calm team seeking to classify in the top 12, convinced that we have to play better, the calm team knows how to separate the competitions well,” he said.
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