By: EFE Updated 22 May 2022, 04: 26 am EDT
The Argentine Diego Cocca, coach of the Atlas of Mexican soccer, assured this Saturday that when one leaves the heart
“When you go with the heart, something can be found and today the ticket to the final was found, a sought-after prize”, said the strategist in a press conference after winning by 5- 4 the semifinal series, with a win on Wednesday by 3-0 and a setback this Saturday by 2-4.
“The prize for my players was not to stop believing, not to give up; It was a strange match with many penalties and two teams that tried to attack. We were able to finish it before but it was an impressive match with two that looked for the rival goal”, he observed.
Atlas dominated the first half, but the Tigres reacted with four goals in less than half an hour in the second, which put the feline team in the final by reaching the minute 90, however, in stoppage time Aldo Rocha scored a goal and gave his team the pass to the final.
“I want to highlight the head and attitude of my players, who, losing, did not stop believing. What happened was not by chance”, asserted the coach in reference to the last minute goal scored by Rocha.
Cocca recalled that Tigres has a hierarchy and in their stadium, the Volcán, it was clear that at some point they were going to suffer, but they maintained their attitude and won the series.
“I enjoyed watching my players give themselves; that’s the way. My job is for them to deliver the best football and play with their hearts”, he insisted.
Atlas won the Apertura title 2021 to end a league title drought of 70 years and now he will defend the title in the Clausura final, in which he will face the best between Pachuca and America.
Cocca said he is not worried if the media does not put his team as the favorite in the final.
“What people say are opinions. We consider ourselves a team with a clear, high, difficult objective: the bi-championship; we are two games away,” he recalled.
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