By Gerardo Romero
Apr 29, 2024, 12:07 PM EDT
The technical director of Rayados de Monterrey, Fernando ‘Tano’ Ortiz, minimized the 5-2 victory achieved this Sunday against the Rayos de Necaxa on Matchday 17 of the Clausura 2024 tournament of the MX League by stating that his only thought is that of power beat the Columbus Crew in the first leg of the semifinal of the Concacaf Champions Cup and thus have a direct foot in the final of the competition to try to win the title of champion of the international competition.
These statements were made during the press conference after the match against the Rayos that represented the end of the regular round of the Clausura 2024 tournament and that allowed them to secure their place for the Liguilla of the tournament and thus keep their aspirations of being the new ones alive. Aztec football monarchs.
“We finished the regular tournament within some objectives at the beginning, finishing within the first four, although the closing was not what we expected, the players understood the message, they never gave up. My head is in Columbus, I can’t think about the Classic, I have my head in Wednesday which is a ‘final’, which is a Semifinal, finishing I will think about what is coming,” the coach highlighted about the performance of the game against the Rays. .
“The first 45 minutes were imprecise, a lot of anxiety, in the second half I told them that if there was no peace it would not be possible, they did it, they were intelligent, we won a difficult victory that had only lost one game and got the pass to Liguilla is important. On our part, we had studied it in the Necaxa match against Tigres, which had encountered many problems, as we found those spaces we were able to open the scoreboard and then there is a need for the rival to tie, they discounted us, but the rest is all up to the players “They understood where it was,” Ortiz added.
Focused channels
The Spanish player Sergio Canales was also focused on achieving a good performance in the match against Columbus Crew by taking away the merit of the Clásico Regio that they will play against the Tigres de la UANL in the quarterfinals of the Liga MX.
“We finished as we wanted, we had a very good first part of the tournament, then we had the issue of Conca, the match against Inter took a lot of energy, we are happy to win this match and now we are focused on Wednesday to win and advance to the final. There is a lot left, we have a ‘final’ on Wednesday and I can’t think about anything other than Conca and advancing to the Final match by match, we are in a club with a demand that we want to win both championships, because otherwise it becomes complicated” , he highlighted.
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