André Jardine is cautious against Real Estelí: “You have to go in with a very strong mentality”

The Águilas del América will face each other this Tuesday against Real Estelí in the first round of the Concacaf Champions League in what will be a complicated match according to the Brazilian coach, André Jardinewho is cautious against the Nicaraguans despite the fact that the Mexican team is one of the big favorites in this tournament.

The azulcrema team arrived in Nicaragua motivated to do a good job in this beginning of the Concachampions but also with maximum concentration to avoid any distraction against a rival that could complicate the aspirations of the Mexican team, according to the technical director of the current soccer champion. Mexican.

In his first appearance before the media in Nicaraguan territory, André Jardine recognized the qualities that Real Estelí has, a team that is in second place in the classification in the Nicaraguan tournament after the first three days played in which they added two victories and one defeat.

“It is a team that here (Nicaragua) in the league has a very great predominance. “That normally prevails over its rivals, especially in home games.”commented André Jardine according to Fox Sports about the rival they will face this Tuesday at the Independencia stadium in Estelí.

Regarding what he expects to happen on the pitch during the 90 minutes, the technical director of the Eagles of America He stressed that there can be no oversights since he considers that there will be high intensity on the part of Nicaraguans.

“I imagine it will be a match with a very high level of complexity because they are a fairly intense, very competitive team. I don’t imagine it’s going to be an easy game. For me, it is a game in which you have to enter with a very strong mentality, with a very high level of competition because if not they will kill you there.”analyzed the strategist.

“We have a very competent coaching staff analyzing the rivals, so it seems to me that they are going to be a very intense rival that always seeks to propose the game regardless of where they play!”, Jardine concluded in his analysis.

For his part, Jonathan Dos Santos was also careful in the run-up to the match against Real Estelí for the first round of the Concachampions where the Águilas del América are called to be one of the candidates to fight for the championship.

“Nowadays in football there are never favorites. There aren’t any more. I think that soccer (in Nicaragua) has grown a lot and obviously we are playing on their field, so I think that in this type of playoffs it is always fifty percent for each team.”said the Mexican midfielder.

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