The coach of the Eagles of America, Santiago Solari, spoke in an interview for Liga MX prior to the Quarterfinal match of the Apertura 2021 Tournament, where he highlighted that the elimination of the rule on the “away goal” implies greater sports justice in Mexican soccer.
The Argentine coach also highlighted the fact of closing the Liguilla matches at the Azteca Stadium, emphasizing that it is something that the team has won due to what it has done in the regular tournament, which became more relevant this time because the goal criterion The away team no longer exists and gives a greater advantage to that team that finished up in the table.
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“We have earned it, when we finished first we were able to receive and define the keys here, which also last year the relevance could not be measured much since there was the away goal rule, it was not known what was convenient, whether to play home or power speculate in a way, knowing the result for the second game, the decision is correct, applies a criterion of sports justice and gives entity to the long part of the league, the part of regularity, the award “, Solari mentioned.
It should be remembered that in Santiago Solari’s first tournament, America was eliminated by Pachuca at the Azteca Stadium, although the overall score was tied, the Tuzos advanced to the semifinals by scoring more away goals than the Eagles.
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – NOVEMBER 6: Roger Beyker Martinez (I) of America celebrates annulled during the game of day 17 of the GRITA MEXICO Apertura 2021 Tournament of the Liga BBVA MX at the Azteca Stadium on November 6, 2021 in Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. (Photo: Mauricio Salas / JAM MEDIA)
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Solari said he is very proud of his players for the performance shown throughout the championship, since he considers that achieving consistency in such a competitive league is something difficult to achieve, but that should be taken naturally to give prestige to the League.
“Giving value to each of the games is what makes the league prestigious, it is what we try, to give importance to each of the games and it is what the people want, always trying to see the best game, they have taken it with a lot of naturalness and the difficult thing is to achieve it, to achieve that regularity and to get the results “.
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