By Gerardo Romero
06 Nov 2023, 12:14 PM EST
The Xolos of Tijuana suffered a tough match this weekend against the Águilas of Club América in the Apertura 2023 tournament of the MX League, which represented a new setback on their way to advance to the Liguilla of the championship and thus complicate their aspirations to be crowned. champions.
Given this fact, the technical director of the Xolos de Tijuana, Miguel ‘Piojo’ Herrera, was quite upset by the performance of the referees in the match and for this reason he decided to criticize their performance again; He emphasized that those decisions were the cause of the defeat against André Jardine’s team.
“Until they upset us, yes. After the mismatch I know, because in 11 vs 11 I didn’t see the powerful America. Strong, solid, but we fought as equals. It seems to me that it was a close game, but we have to analyze your cards, because for me neither of them is and it upset the game for us,” said the coach.
El Piojo emphasized that the match remained quite balanced when both teams had all 11 players on the court and this allowed them to aspire to victory to score important points; Despite this, the club’s performance changed when the expulsion came.
“We handled the ball well and when they had it they had no options. With all his arsenal we were well planted. You start to falter and give away space, because you have one less man. While we were 11 vs 11 the game was 11 vs 11. I didn’t see the difference. I see a strong and solid America and their replacements are another squad, but I didn’t see it and the team was very good and solid. We had a couple of clear opportunities to score. It was an even game and we were trying to handle the ball, the spaces were closed and it was an even game, until the expulsion came the balance tipped and then they score the goal and force you to force yourself to search and against these teams with those squads, no “You can give that away,” he highlighted.
“It’s not fair to each other. The cards were clear here and not there. There were similar plays. If you are going to serve, let them be from both sides. It is not consistent with what it beeps and it is not consistent with the cards. For one side he serves quickly and for the other side he does,” Miguel Herrera concluded in his statements.
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