The Mexico coach, Javier “Vasco” Aguirre, was attacked on Friday after his team’s 2-0 defeat against Honduras thanks to a double by Luis Palma in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Nations League. Concacaf.
After the game ended at the Francisco Morazán stadium in San Pedro Sula, a fan threw a bottle that hit the head of Aguirre, who was coming to say goodbye to Honduras coach Reinaldo Rueda. The blow caused bleeding in the head of the Mexican coach.
“This is football, and there is no point in mentioning the rest because I am not one to complain,” Aguirre said in the press conference after the match.
This is football. There’s no point in mentioning it because I’m not one to complain.”
“With sadness for everything that happened in the end, that cannot happen again here or in any stadium in the world. I want to apologize to the entire Mexican delegation, to all the Mexican people, to Professor Aguirre, because that cannot happen, it damages the party and all the effort the boys made on the field,” said Rueda, Honduran coach.
Regarding the match, Aguirre was “upset by the result.” “My players did not deserve to go 2-0, the main person responsible is me, but this is football and the good fortune is that on Tuesday we have another game at home to try to reverse it, we will try to organize and organize ourselves better to try to give the back on the scoreboard,” Aguirre pointed out. Mexico will take advantage of its home status to try to reverse the situation in the second leg to be played on November 19 at the Nemesio Diez stadium in Toluca.
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