The Tigres coach spoke of the pass to the final, assuring that the rival they faced will do it with respect and without fear.
That’s what Brazilian coach Ricardo Ferretti said He hopes the UANL Tigres will be the one to take the step that Mexican football has always missed internationally, when they contest the Club World Cup final.
“We are a Mexican team and Mexican football has a level, at club and national team level, that small step was missing, in Copa América we played the final, also in Copa Libertadores and we did not give this country, in national teams because Mexico He always hopes that this fifth game (in World Cups) could give the catapult to achieve something more important, we are definitely a Mexican soccer team and I can’t say we don’t represent it, ”he explained.
“The wish we have is the same that one of the two teams that will join us for the final that tomorrow will come for the same goal. I hope this little step that we need, that Tigres can achieve it‘he declared.
After Brazil’s 1-0 victory against Palmeiras in the semi-finals of the international fair, the Brazilian helmsman said that now They will face the next opponent with respect, but without any fear.
“ We will face the rival we are dealing with with great respect, but without fear, without belittling anyone, but also not believing that they are something from the other world, it is not like that, both deserve to in the final with us and there are two very good teams, settings, players, all of them are excellent for me, there is a playing style of one and the other, in order to reach the ultimate goal we have to decipher it, adapt so quickly possible and then impose our style of play, ”he said.
Ricardo Ferretti spoke about the fans and expressed the position of those who do not want to support their team, “people have the right to support or not, want or not, want or not, it is the right of the people, of course sincere. Mexican teams participated, Monterrey, Pachuca, everyone, I always wish them the best, I am not jealous, malinchista, but people who do not want to support there is no problem, God bless them and we will not let us down ”.
That’s what Palmeiras’ strategist, Abel Ferreira, thought Tigres was slightly superior to his team and from his point of view his players missed some of the chances against the rival’s cabin.
“We knew that André-Pierre Gignac and Carlos González are very strong. We had a chance, we didn’t get it, our opponent was slightly better than us, by a small margin. We could do a little better, in the end he decided to a detail, a criminal, ”he declared.