Javier Aguirre, coach of the Monterrey Mexican, said this Friday that he hopes his team shows hierarchy to face the America, directed by the Argentine Santiago Solari, on the second day of Clausura 2021.
“It will be our presentation at home, we want to leave a good image despite not having fans, the rival forces us to rise to the occasion due to the size of the institution and the sizes of its players and coaching staff,” he said in Press conference.
He Monterrey will receive this Saturday at America in one of the most attractive matches of the second day of Clausura 2021.
Aguirre, who lives his first tournament at the helm of the Rayados, ruled out feeling something special about facing Solari on the benches, who like him comes from Spanish football.
“Each game has its particularity and each one has its own stories that the media are in charge of spicing up, but what I am looking for against America is to see a better collective performance with or without ball, a better attitude in the footballing aspect than that shown in the first day in the victory against Atlas ”, he added.
Aguirre He expressed that those who can influence the field are the players and not Solari's past as a Real Madrid coach or his as coach of five Spanish teams.
“The role of the technicians in the operation of the teams ends when the referee whistles, then we have 15 minutes at half time to try to improve something that is not going well and five changes to try to refresh the team, but we have a limit in the game, ”he commented.
Aguirre He did not rule out the loss of Colombian defender Stefan Medina for the duel against América since despite being suspected of having covid-19, a test must confirm the positive.
The former strategist of the Leganes Spanish only confirmed the loss of Dutchman Vincent Janssen, who suffered a third and fourth metacarpal fracture in his right hand on Wednesday.
“In this little time that I have spent as coach of Monterrey, I have become more intimate with my players as professionals and people. I am happy with the evolution we have had in the group dynamics, I have joined them and not the other way around, my job is to adapt ”, he concluded.