André Jardine sets his sights on the Leagues Cup: “It is now our priority”

Once achieved the victory over FC Juárez (2-1) this weekend for the Apertura 2024 tournament in the America club They quickly turn the page to focus fully on their next commitment: the Leagues Cup, which they will play starting on August 9.

This was revealed by André Jardine, coach of the Águilas del América, who explained that although he does not like to give more or less importance to a competition, he does have the philosophy of paying maximum attention to each challenge that is presented to them along the way.

“I think that when you prioritize one competition over another, you tell the group that one is not that important and I don’t like that. We have a very clear philosophy of being focused on the next match and the next competition, and the Leagues Cup becomes our priority.”the coach commented.

The coach of the blue-cream team also pointed out that this international competition will be good for his team to strengthen themselves as a group for the season in which they will seek to continue increasing their harvest of successes after the Bicampeonato achieved with the Clausura 2024 tournament.

“All the Liga MX teams will be in the Leagues Cup, training, playing. It is a very high-level competition that also allows us to spend time together, it is still an opportunity to get together more, to get to know each other better.”commented the Brazilian coach.

After an irregular start to the semester, with a couple of defeats in their first four matches, André Jardine acknowledged that they are not yet at the exact point where he wants his team to be, something they can achieve with their participation in the Leagues Cup.

“We have several good additions. It will be a good experience… The feeling is that when we return from the Leagues Cup, we will be quite ready for Liga MX at the level we want, which is what is important.”added the South American strategist.

When does Club América play in the Leagues Cup?

As champions of the Liga MX, the Águilas del América have secured their ticket to the first round of the Leagues Cup, which means that they will not have to compete in the group stage of the tournament that will be played between July 26 and August 5.

In this way, the blue-cream team will play its first match in this competition next Friday, August 9, facing the second in Group West 8, which will be decided between the Houston Dynamo, Real Salt Lake and Atlas.

Before playing this edition of the Leagues Cup, the team managed by André Jardine will be playing a couple of friendly matches against European teams. First against Chelsea in Atlanta on August 1 and three days later against Aston Villa in Chicago.

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