Tigres is the first Concacaf representative to reach the Club World Cup final, something the teams called ‘great’ couldn’t achieve, like America, Cruz Azul or Chivas and that’s why in Mexico they try to downplay what the royals have accomplished, as they would have liked a team from the capital or the Flock to do that, says Mateo Bravo, a former feline goalkeeper legend.
In an interview with Media tempo, the so-called Flying Goalkeeper, a historic cat team that won the institution’s first two league titles, stated that Monterrey is a land of champions and therefore there is suspicion against the teams of the Sultana del Norte, not only in men’s football, but also in women’s and other sports such as Fuerza Regia or Sultanes.
“In Mexico the television commentators were incredibly hard on Tigres, why? Because they’d like to see an America, a Chivas, that didn’t go beyond third place and now Tigres comes in second when he loses. Imagine if they defeated Bayern, how could they detract from such a triumph? They couldn’t because now They regret that Tigres becomes second in the Club World Cup and therefore all of Mexico disapproves“he claimed.
‘But they are not used to the regions, be it Tigres or Monterrey, going any further. Tigres is the team of the decadeThey’ve won everything, just like Monterrey, but in the last 10 years you don’t see the main teams competing at a high level, they always get stuck. “
‘Tigres and Rayados are bigger than Cruz Azul and Pumas’
Mateo thought about that both the UANL and Rayados have removed the ‘greats’ label from main clubs such as Cruz Azul or Pumasas Northerners are protagonists in every tournament they compete in, not just in Liga MX, but also in Concachampions or the Club World Cup itself.
“They’ve already taken them off, sure, They’ve gotten a lot of fame from them and they’re the bossy one here, both in competitions and in international tournaments. There was a lot of talk that Tigres missed the famous internalization, now he has achieved it and in a very remarkable way so that they can no longer criticize him on that side, that candle has already gone out, they have no way to attack, they have no way of blaming anything. Do you know what would be a good thing for them to do? Please applause them for recognizing that this team is the most popular and strongest, ”he added.
‘The 10-year-old America is not here’
Much is said about it centralism in Liga MX for the decades that he dominated America, Cruz Azul or Puma’s, but Bravo Carrillo pointed out that in Mexico City they need to realize it’s over as they have disappeared from the spotlight and therefore It bothers them that Tigres or Rayados shine.
“Centralisms when America, Pumas, Cruz Azul, Chivas dominated, but that centralism it’s over, they no longer appear, they are not on the radar, they need to realize that. Think America and its great teams, but they don’t appear 10 years agoThey are lagging behind and that bother them a lot ”, he notes.
Besides making history in the World cup for clubswere the ones led by Ricardo Ferretti’s team of the 2010s where they won five Liga MX titles, one from Copa MX and one from Concachampions, the latter only in December and that earned them the ticket for the match in Qatar.