By Edgardo Avelar
Dec 16, 2024, 01:42 AM EST
The coach of the Águilas del América, the Brazilian André Jardine He ruled out that in the near future he would leave the Coapa team and in the interview after winning the historic three-time championship he assured that he wants to continue achieving success and titles with the team. Americanist eleventh.
“We achieved something very important that I value very much. I’m still in this dream of being in America and to be able to continue writing history. I like to think that I can continue making more conquests and maybe try to play better and better to stay here for a long time,” he highlighted.
The Brazilian strategist who in his career crossed paths with the international star Ronaldinho and who when analyzing candidates to lead the American team was not the first option, but the third, explained that this title It gives him all the satisfaction of having overcome many things during his time leading the Águilas.
“I am very tired at this moment, but enjoying every second of a tournament that was very difficult, “But we never stop working to imagine this moment, it is something indescribable, now we have to enjoy every moment, I think now we are going to rest a little,” said Jardine.
He also highlighted the trajectory they experienced on the way to the three-time championship: “We have a very committed group of players, very serious, a very respectful group, It is not easy at all, because the 20 can be on the field with a board always aware of everything that happens and also with the support of a pressure that is always behind us.”
He stressed that: “We have to continue working to leave our mark, to achieve important things, I think it is “the least we can do, especially in a team like América.”
A title with a different flavor
Jardine stated that he feels proud to belong to America and to be achieving many important things: “I am part of an institution that is impressive “And I think I’m a little lucky to arrive at a time when the club was ready to win.”
“Without taking away my merits, which I know I have, but this idolatry of thinking that I am the man who changed everything is really not true because it is a very organized club, with a very good team, very good players and of course they must also have a coach who knows how to work,” said Jardine.
He also assured that the title has a different flavor because of how they were considered at the beginning of the tournament, where no one gave a damn for them: “This championship has a different taste because they didn’t consider us favorites, but inside we knew that we were capable of being very competitive and fighting for our chances.”
“Without a doubt it was the most difficult of the three Leagues, with three great rivals, but we were a very competitive and committed version. Able to play and defend when the game needed it, it is a reward for the commitment and mental strength that this group has,” he concluded.
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