Mexico.- The Argentine Andres Lillinicoach of the Pumas of the UNAM of the MX Leagueassured this Tuesday that although his team must beat the New England Revolution of the MLS, he will give priority to the defense in the second leg of the quarterfinals in the Concacaf Champions League.
“These matches are won by defending well. Beyond the fact that you need to win by a wide goal difference, if you don’t defend well, the rival will take more advantage of you; we must be solid behind and forceful every time we arrive, ”he said at a press conference.
After losing the first leg of the quarterfinals 3-0 last week, the Cougars of the Liga MX need to beat the rival to access the semifinal this Wednesday, which Lillini described as possible. “We didn’t play the game in Boston well, but this is a new opportunity. We are psyched up to win the series; It’s complicated because the rival is solid and we have to make double the effort, double the concentration and bring out our abilities. We have to move forward and we are going to do it, ”he said.
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The strategist explained that in his stadium, the Universitario, he will not try to discount the difference quickly and the strategy will consist of going out to win and the game will mark the times to score the necessary goals. “It’s crazy to think that we have to score four goals, we know the goals we have to score; game situations will tell if it will catch up with us,” he observed.
Lillini revealed that although Cougars they have everything against them, the faith of the footballers is intact because other times they turned around in similar situations or with more degree of difficulty. “The people who believe that they are always there, do not stop believing in the team and have been very happy. May they have their faith intact because this group is going to do everything in their power to turn this series around; I have been surprised many times and this is not going to be the exception, ”he added.
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This Wednesday the whole of the MX League will not have the Argentine midfielder Favio Álvarez, suspended, nor the Mexican midfielders Marco García and Carlos Gutiérrez, injured, but, according to Andres Lillini, the rest of the group is fit. “They are strong, they are the ones who lift us up. Their strength is the head that replaces the physical and we have to get it out tomorrow. It is a great opportunity that we want to take advantage of”, he concluded.
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