The Monterrey coach acknowledged that the league’s infrastructure has grown a lot, after twenty years in which he went abroad
Javier Aguirre, coach of Monterrey, was far from Liga BBVA MX for 20 years while driving in Europe, Asia and Africa, during which time considers that Mexican football has undergone a great evolution and is now among the top ten in the world, thanks to the youth and women’s tournaments, as well as the infrastructure of the Aztec football teams, which are increasingly at the level of those seen in Europe.
“In 2001 it was my last game here in Mexico, that final that I lost to Santos exactly and, in these 20 years in the league, there has been an evolution. The U-20, U-17 tournament, women’s participation, women’s football, gave the MX League a big boost. It is very difficult for a Division I team not to have the facilities as in Europe “.
“I had the opportunity to take my wife to the stadium, they took us on a tour, it’s a first-class place like in Germany, Italy, Spain, England; El Barrial’s facilities are of the highest standard,” Aguirre said.
Monterrey is the only team that has not conceded a goal so far in Guard1anes Clausura 2021However, beyond the work done on the field, where he prefers to defend with the ball and away from the goal, “Vasco” stressed that he made his team see the importance of the goal difference, just as he sent them the semester. previous. in the playoffs, where they lost Puebla.
“This team from Monterrey, which scored 29 points last year, took fifth place and had to play against the number 12 for the average goals, because it had the same number of points as the fourth place. This made me think that because of that great detail, I wasn’t fourth and didn’t go straight to the next round without dealing with 12 and it was for goals, not victories, so, from there, I made them see them, I put the cold numbers on them and then the team started to become aware and then to work on the field ”, he concluded.