Javier Aguirre, coach of the Monterey Striped, acknowledged this Saturday that the elimination of his team in the second round of the Club World Cup losing 1-0 with the Al Ahly Egyptian is “an absolute failure”.
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“It was a bad night, it was an absolute failure, but this goes on. The team is one that competes and this is not something that diverts us from the work we do. Although there are always consequences,” he said at a press conference after falling against the champion African.
Despite the negative result, Aguirre He ruled out that he thinks of resigning from his position since he hopes to make amends for the “failure” with a good performance in his third League tournament at the helm of the Monterey, the Clausura 2022 of Mexican soccer.
“It was not what we expected”
“It’s early for that the League is there, we’ve played three games in the tournament. This result was not what we expected, this elimination is a failure, but I feel strong to continue here,” he assured.
lose against Al Ahly meant another bad result in the management of Aguirre at Monterey which adds up to a pair of eliminations in the quarterfinals in his first two tournaments in the League.
With Mexico’s most valuable squad, the 62-year-old strategist was only able to secure last year’s CONCACAF Champions League title that gave him a ticket to the Club World Cup.
“We lacked a bit of intelligence”
“Today we lacked a bit of intelligence to stop their counterattacks, we didn’t understand that they were playing that game and when we tried to score a goal, they scored one for us,” he said.
Aguirre apologized to the fans of the Monterey for the loss to the Al Ahly that throws them out of the fight for the Club World Cup title and forces them to play a match for fifth place against the loser of the duel between Al Hilal saudi and the Al-Jazeera emirate
“The players and I are sorry. Apologies to the fans. We assume failure, but we must give it work and move forward, to what follows,” he said.
