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 away from the BBVA League MX for 20 years while directing in Europe, Asia and Africa, during which time considers that Mexican football has had 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 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 we lost to Sants precisely and, in these 20 years of league, there is an evolution. The U-20 tournament, U-17, the participation of the “Women ‘s football has given a lot of growth to the MX League. It’ s very difficult for a First Division team not to have the facilities they have in Europe.”
“I had the opportunity to take my wife to the stadium, they gave us a tour, it’s a first-class venue like in Germany, Italy, Spain, England, the Barrial’s facilities are top notch.” , pointed out Aguirre.
Monterrey is the only team that has not conceded a goal so far in the Guard1anes Clausura 2021But beyond the work done on the court, where he prefers to defend with the ball and away from his bow, the ‘Basque’ stressed that he made them see their goal the importance of the goal difference, even the previous semester sent them to repechaje, instance in which they lost before Pobla.
“This Monterrey team, which scored 29 points last year, was fifth and had to play against the number 12 for the goal average, because it had the same number of points as the fourth place. That made me in me think that for this great detail we were not fourth and we did not access directly to the next round without having to deal against the 12 and it was for goals, it was not for victories, then from there I went show them, I put the numbers on them cold and that’s when the team started to become aware and then the field work, ”he concluded.