By Edgardo Avelar
Joel Huiqui, technical director of Blue Cross, He was surprised by his colleague’s criticism Efrain Juarez against the position of the celestial board of challenging the whistler Daniel Quintero Huitrón for next Sunday and for that reason he asked not to taint the final and a punishment for the feline strategist.
Juárez, moments before the celestial coach addressed the media at a press conference, went headlong against Cruz Azul by stating that his complaints against the whistlers are simply out of place. because they have been the most benefited by the men in black in the league.
Joel Huiqui responded to Efraín Juárez’s statements after the first leg of the Closing between Cruz Azul and Pumas 🤯💣
The celestial strategist asked not to generate more controversy around the arbitration and assured that “the Closing should not be stained”😱
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“Is that what he said? They would have to fine him because you can’t talk about refereeing.”. Look, there’s no need to dirty the rest. It has been a wonderful final; It seems to me that both teams are in the final because they deserve it. We ran a great campaign. Pumas had a great campaign, no problem. Cruz Azul, third place”
“The important thing is to analyze, focus on what we did, right? Football is like that, the competition is complex, we all want to win the Closing, which has been very transparent, very honest and I think that today the result is fair; Obviously we would have liked to win it, we had many chances to score, they have a great goalkeeper, it is reality and he got all the chances of scoring”
Regarding the match where they could not score against the Pumas, Huiqui said that there is still time and that they are within the plans that have been drawn up: “The team had many scoring options, As they say, we shot more than 20 balls, not at the goal, but some of them did, and part of the idea is that now they go to the goal.”
Huiqui highlighted that it was very important that the team played in the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium and did not have to travel to Puebla, since that allowed the team to rest and be with their families, especially because it is more time to recover.
‘They would have to fine him, right?’
Joel Huiqui asks not to dirty the Closing after the statements of Efraín Juárez, who said that the arbitration has favored Cruz Azul in the Liguilla
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“It is a great advantage for us not to travel, to be at home, the players to rest today with their children, with their wives. Tomorrow we arrive at the club for recovery; those who did not play will do specific work, They will rest, sleep at home again and on Saturday they will concentrate again. We will do a very uncomplicated job, the game idea, corrections and we will be ready for Sunday”
“The great advantage, as you say, is that we are in Mexico City. CU is a great stadium, we experienced a wonderful final and playing it there and winning it there is going to be wonderful for us. It is a very important memory and we will surely become champions there,” he concluded.
Continue reading:
– Efraín Juárez attacks Cruz Azul for his complaints against the arbitration
– Cruz Azul relives its ghosts from the finals with the 0-0 that the Pumas took from them
– Cruz Azul does not back down and demands a change of referee for the return of the grand final
