Enrique Borja, who was president of the felines, defines the points that led the university team to become a star actor
Enrique Borja, World Cup winner in England 66 and Mexico 70, in addition to having also been a national football manager and currently a sports commentator, explained the reasons that led to the tigers not only to become a protagonist of Mexican football, but also to be placed in the spotlight of international football, in this case, in the Club World Cup, Where he is a few hours away from fighting the Final in front Bayern Munich.
Initially, Enrique Borja he did not hesitate in holding that ‘Tuca’ Ferretti he is one of the best coaches in Mexican football: “He has been in this position for many years, and he is one of the best Mexican and foreign coaches, without a doubt, because due to his merits he has left school.”
He recalled that he was the one who brought the Brazilian for the first time to the tigers“After he becomes champion with Chivas; he asks permission from the president of Chivas and then he leaves Tigres, and he comes back … Time tells you that the determination to have taken the ” Tuca ‘was important, for his ability, his quality and what it’s like to be human, as a professional ”.
“I knew him very well for a lot of things, but also for his time at Pumes, both as a player and as a coach. We had mutual friends, he also had a philosophy of how to work and his ability has never been in doubt. “He had already shown his ability, being a champion, and making groups in the teams where he had been. That makes you think of short, medium and long-term plans with him.”
Borja stressed that in addition to having the Brazilian, tigers has an element of the quality of Andre Pierre Gignac: “D’Gignac you have to see how he moves, how he demarcates himself, how he supports his teammates, defending and attacking. Because you see it in the corners; 60 percent, or more, of the rejections are his” .
“Gignac fights all the balls, makes his teammates raise the level of competition, demands on the court, but he demands a lot of himself. It hurts him a lot to fail. Then he makes the his teammates when they fail, they feel he has to hurt them, but they also have to try again. That’s the important thing for a player who is respectful of his institution. “
He said that another thing he really likes about Gignac, is his gift of helping and collaborating with altruistic causes: “He is an excellent human being, with everything that emanates from him. It makes me I really like foreigners like this coming to Mexico and leaving this school. “
CEMEX DEMANDS RESULTS … NO PLANT
Enrique Borja was president of the Tigers from 1999 to 2000, and from 2007 to 2009. In his first stage it also acted like president of the Mexican Federation of Soccer.
“To be president of the federation, you have to be as similar as possible with all the teams and so it was in my case, but I think it’s not good; it’s better how it goes now … At this time it is not I was paid to be president of the federation, at least I didn’t have to receive any money. I don’t know if the presidents now charge, but I didn’t have a salary; I had the salary I had in Tigre and it was over. “
Borja dismissed the fact that in the ‘Tuca’ Ferreti he does not like young and single people to bet on those of prestige and experience, letting it be seen that the Brazilian demands results and not the training of players.
“Although sometimes it seems not, first you have to see what the club philosophy is. Tigers belongs to the Autonomous of Nuevo León, but it is managed by Sinergia Esportiva, which has been CEMEX; these are the ones that put you what the philosophy. In this case, a winning team “.
“Remember that ‘Tuca’ worked in Pumas and he had this philosophy of working with young people in Pumas. And he has it now, this is not lost. He tries to have the best Mexican and foreign players, and he has to look for “Give young people a chance based on what he thinks, which is to win, and he also knows what the board demands.”
In this sense, Enrique Borja pointed out: “For now, Tigres has achieved what a team from Mexico had not achieved. And it has this international competition that logically we would have liked to have had that we went through some team, but the UANL does not he wants that university spirit, the colors, the shield, the mentality to be lost in the team. “