André Jardine, in disagreement with the minor rule in Liga Mx

Mexico City. André Jardine, América coach, was against the minor rule, which is intended to promote young talents by pointing out that the priority in the Liga Mx should be winning and not the preparation of players.

“We defend the interests of America, and with all due respect to the Mexican team, we are not here to train players for the national team,” he said.

The minor rule, which requires giving space to elements under 23 years of age, was reestablished in this tournament as one of the measures to help raise the level of the Tricolor after the failure in Qatar 2024.

According to a report from the Liga Mx, the Águilas are one of the teams that are still far from complying with the thousand minutes required by the regulations, adding only 387.5 minutes when they head towards matchday nine of the 2024 Clausura Tournament. In contrast, Pachuca (2049), Santos (1341), Necaxa (1329) and Guadalajara (1059.6) have already met this requirement.

Analyze the calendar

Jardine also spoke about the overload of matches on the international football calendars, which has caused a greater number of muscle injuries in players.

“It is much more of an issue for managers. My opinion in this case does not count for much, the calendar is a much more economic issue, which has to do with sponsors or television.

There are teams that don’t play as much like this, the clubs that don’t enter the Liguilla end up benefiting from earlier vacations. It is a topic of study that those who command football should think about, if I gave advice it would be that they listen to everyone, both players and coaches.”