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By: EFE
Tuesday, October 8
The León Club and its ambitious desire in the Liguilla: “I would like my team to be like Manchester City or the Spanish national team”
The Argentine coach Ariel Holan said this Tuesday that he wishes see Leon in the final phase of the tournament Mexican opening with an identity defined as that of the Manchester City or the Spanish selection.
“I would like that in this Liguilla my team manages to be like that Manchester City or the Spanish national team that winning or losing on any court and against any rival are shown with an identity defined “, he explained.
Holan arrived at the Lion for the Apertura tournament, a contest in which he will direct his first final phase starting this Thursday when his team will visit Puebla , in the first leg of the quarterfinals, a phase in which the strategist hopes to make his mark.
“ My team has a clear identity and that I want to leave in my first experience in Liguilla, the results go the other way , although of course I want to win. But what better way to do it like the best teams in the world do ”, he stressed.
The final phase of the Mexican tournament will qualify eight teams that play direct elimination series.
Ariel Holan was champion of the South American Cup with Independiente in 2017.
León finished the regular phase of the Apertura tournament in third place with 24 points.
Your next opponent, Puebla, was seventh with 14.
“We have to be smart, not go crazy. Do not play backlash. We must impose our form because they will want to introduce us to their style of force “, he said when commenting on what he expects from the game.