By Gerardo Romero
03 May 2024, 08:31 AM EDT
The defeat of the Águilas del Club América by the Tuzos del Pachuca in the semifinal of the Concacaf Champions Cup has generated a series of doubts about the direction of the Brazilian coach André Jardine and the performance of some of his players due to the performance shown in the play field.
One of the most critical on this topic has been the historic coach Ricardo ‘Tuca’ Ferretti, who made various comments about the bad game scheme implemented by the strategist against Guillermo Almada’s team and also questioned the work of some players on the squad. like Kevin Álvarez, who did not have much participation in the match and ended up being overshadowed.
These statements were made by Ferretti during the ‘Fútbol Picante’ program, where he analyzed the meeting and the performance of the azulcrema group and each of its members; In his words, he fervently criticized the hairstyle that Kevin Álvarez had in the game, stating that if he had been in charge of the team he would not have even called him up.
“This boy arrived, who is totally lost, this guy Kevin. I don’t even have these things on the bench. They should all be shaved, like soldiers,” said the strategist and now sports commentator.
In his statements, the coach assured that Luis Fuentes was the left back designated for the match but upon the arrival of Chicote Calderón he ended up losing the position, which generated a hard blow for the team.
“The moment André trusts Chicote so much, he dispenses with Fuentes, and he was the balance, along with the other two center backs and Jonathan (…). How many times did we see that Fuentes saved the backs of Cáceres and Igor,” concluded Tuca.
Águilas focused on Liga MX
Now the Águilas of Club América will have to dedicate all their efforts to achieving the two-time championship within the Clausura 2024 tournament of the Liga MX, a competition in which they finished in first position in the regular round and now they will seek to continue advancing to raise the qualification.
The Coapa team will have its match in the next stage this May 8, although it still has to wait to find out which team it will face in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
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