Javier AguirreMexican soccer coach, stated this Friday that the Valenciahis team’s rival this Saturday in a friendly match, will not be an easy prey, even though he is not having a good time in LaLiga. “I have faced Valencia for the last 15 years, I did it last year with Rubén Baraja as coach, it is a dynamic, young team, that presses well, with good players, although it has not had positive results at the beginning of LaLiga. I guarantee you that it will not be an easy match, every match has difficulties, no one wins by hierarchy,” he explained in the press conference prior to the duel, which will be played in Puebla, central Mexico.
Given the difficulty in finding top-level rival teams, Aguirre’s Tri closed an unusual match against Valencia, which traveled to Mexico without international players, with only 15 who belong to the first team and five more youth players. The match, against the penultimate place in the Laliga classification, raised criticism among fans and part of the press, in addition to registering low ticket sales, some of which went 2×1. “Valencia is a team with a tremendous tradition. Baraja is a young and prepared coach, with good values and the Valencia youth team has always produced good players,” praised the ‘Vasco’, who coached Mallorca last season.
‘Repesca’ for Andrés Guardado
Along with Valencia, Aguirre’s Mexico will face the United States on this October FIFA matchday, next Tuesday in Guadalajara. In this call, Aguirre brought midfielder Andrés Guardado, former Valencia player, out of retirement from the Mexican team, who will receive a farewell tribute with El Tri. “I am proud to share with him his last day with the national shirt. I had Guardado as a player, he is an example for new generations and I hope we can give him a happy night and he will say goodbye with honors.”
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Regarding the Argentine forward Germán Berterame, the second naturalized player that Aguirre calls, in his process that began last July, the ‘Vasco’ downplayed the controversy of calling up a person not born in Mexico and instead opened the door to anyone who have a Mexican passport. “I do not move based on what is said or not said. My work is subject to criticism, it is good for me to know how I am doing. I am left with the idea that we are all Mexicans,” he stated.
