Monterrey, NL
Athletic Pantoja receive this Thursday to Striped on the Round of 16 first stage of the Concachampions, a match in Dominican Republic true the Caribbean hope to win, despite the fact that they are not only above their country’s level of Mexican football, but that too they drag on for five months without playing an official game
Even on April 7, they meet exactly that period without seeing any action in a demanding duel, They only have four friendlies in the last month and a half, the time when they have remained isolated in order not to capture COVID-19
They played before O&M University on November 7 and they fell 2-0, after that game there were no more officers; the start of the tournament had to be scheduled on April 17 due to the pandemic and will end on October 24.
“We had a game against a second team from Peru, two Ascent teams from the Dominican Republic and a team from the League (Dominican), we did well,” said the coach. Matias Mazmud to the RG, but without mentioning the results.
Despite this, he makes no apologies, assuring that it would be no surprise if his team wins the gang and he even wants to face the best of Rayados.
“There will be no excuses, the distances are known, but in football the uncertainty about the result is the best; It wouldn’t be a surprise if a team like ours got the result from RayadosWe want the Rayados starters to play because we’re preparing for that, ”he said.