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By: Kike Frias Posted Mar 19, 2023, 10:06 am EDT
The defeat by a landslide against the Águilas del América meant a hard blow for the project of the Chivas coach, Veljko Paunovicwho at a press conference admitted the mistakes made but did not accept the tactical superiority of his rival who scored four goals before the reaction.
“The difference has been that they hit first,” highlighted the Serbian-Spanish coach about the Azulcrema victory in the National Classic in Mexico. In addition, he considered that his players seemed a little sleepy on the field, something that the elements of America used to score three goals in the first half alone.
“More than anything, the pressure failed us after the turnovers and the resources that one may have at that moment is to look for a technical foul or slow down the rival and not allow them space from the center of the field,” said the director self-critically. Chivas coach.
But the most outstanding of his statements was his message to the fans of CD Guadalajaratired that for several tournaments the club has been away from the fight for Liga MX titles and dominated by its historical rival. Paunovic apologized to the fans:
“I promise you that we are going to excite this great fans that today have shown us how strong and how great they are and we have nothing left but to continue working to reach the level of being able to win important games in this stadium”
Tano Ortiz gave credit to his players for the win over Chivas
On the other side of the sidewalk, the coach of América, Fernando ‘Tano’ Ortiz, comes out strengthened with this result after questioning his abilities due to the humiliation suffered against the champions Tuzos del Pachuca (0-3) at the Azteca Stadium.
As usual, the Argentine coach was modest and He gave all the credit for the win in the National Classic to his playerswho gave their rivals a collective and tactical review on the pitch.
“There was an aggressive and leading team from minute zero, going to look for the Clásico the way we had set it up during the week. There was a tremendous camaraderie, congratulations to my players who have the chance to emerge glorious from a difficult pitch”, said Tano Ortiz.
With the certainty of having categorically defeated their historical rival, the Águilas del América will face Club León as a visitor on Saturday, April 1. For its part, Chivas will have to recover since on the same day they will play the Clásico Tapatío against Atlas.
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