Photo: Sebastian Laureano Miranda / Imago7
By: EFE
Monday, November 18
Miguel Herrera raised his voice to defend Mexico: “The important thing is to go to the World Cup, not to play nice”
Miguel Herrera , coach of the Tigres UANL , stated this Friday that criticism against the Mexican team football that the Argentine Gerardo Martino directs are incorrect.
“ The reviews are wrong . Suddenly the media and the fans are very demanding and want to see the national team play well, but remember that in the tie it is not about playing Well, it’s about winning and qualifying for the World Cup and Mexico is in that process “, he stressed.
Herrera qualified the Mexican team, via play-off against New Zealand , to the World Cup in Brazil 2014 in which your team was eliminated in the Round of 16 for the Netherlands.
Former national coach defended the step that Martino’s team takes in the Concacaf qualifiers towards the Qatar World Cup 2022 as leader among the eight teams seeking one of the three direct tickets to the tournament.
“Mexico has scored a lot of points, they have won on the road, they have become strong at home, they are undefeated. It is in the first place of the octagonal, I see them well, later it will be seen if they play well or not ”, he argued.
The Tigres strategist highlighted the victory that Mexico obtained as visitor to El Salvador.
“ The important thing is go to the World Cup, not play nice. In qualifying you have to go with everything because you find yourself in situations like those experienced in El Salvador with a hobby very involved against the team and yet the boys did things well. ”
Herrera also applauded the work of the gunners of the Mexican national team, especially the one who makes Raúl Jiménez, striker who plays for Wolverhampton in the Premier League.
“I am very happy that Raúl returned and scored, he looks strong and with great confidence; is a benchmark up front. Funes Mori well, he has achieved a goal s, the same as Henry Martín, for me they are fulfilling the objective ”.
The Tigres led by Herrera will visit the champion Cruz Azul this Saturday at the Azteca Stadium on the thirteenth day the Apertura 2021.
Till the date 12 the feline team is fifth with 18 points, has four wins, six draws and two losses.
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