The technical director of the Mexican soccer team, Javier “Vasco” Aguirre, He was attacked on Friday morning after his team suffered a 2-0 loss to Honduras thanks to a double from Luis Palma in the first leg of the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals.
After the end of the match played in the stadium Francisco Morazán of San Pedro Sula, A fan threw a bottle that hit Aguirre in the head, who was coming to say goodbye to Honduras coach Reinaldo Rueda. The blow caused bleeding on the Mexican coach’s head.
“This is football, and there is no point in mentioning the rest because I am not one to complain,” said Aguirre in a press conference.
During the match, Mexico had its first clear chance to score in the 57th minute with Julián Quiñones’ shot hitting the right post after a deflection by goalkeeper Edrick Menjívar.
With Mexico playing better, Palma scored his first goal in the 63rd minute by finishing from the right after goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa denied a powerful shot from Edwin Rodríguez, who took advantage of error by defender César Montes to keep the ball.
After the goal, the Mexican players were confused and made several mistakes, which the Honduran team took advantage of to increase their advantage in the 83rd minute with a double from Palma, who hit the ball near the left post with a shot from outside the goal area.
“I am angry with the result, because my players did not deserve to be 2-0. The main person responsible is me, but this is football and the good thing is that on Tuesday we have another game at home to try to reverse it, we will try to organize ourselves and organize ourselves better to try to get the score back,” said Aguirre.
Mexico will take advantage of its home status to try to reverse the situation in the second leg on November 19 at the Nemesio Diez stadium in Toluca.
“Sadly for everything that happened in the end, that cannot happen again here or in any other stadium in the world. I want to apologize to the entire Mexican delegation, to all Mexicans, to Professor Aguirre, because that cannot be happen. , it ruins the party and all the effort the boys made on the field,” said Rueda.
OTHER MATCHES
In Friday’s other game, Canada won 1-0 in its visit to Suriname thanks to Junior Hoillet’s goal. The series will be decided on November 19 at BMO Field in Toronto.
On Thursday, reigning champions United States began the defense of its title with a 1-0 away victory over Jamaica in a decider on November 18 at Missouri’s Citypark stadium.
Meanwhile, Panama won 1-0 away against Costa Rica. The key will be determined on November 18 at the Rommel Fernández stadium in Panama.
The winners of the quarterfinals will qualify directly for the Gold Cup to be played between June 14 and July 6, 2025.
The semifinals of the Nations League will be played on March 20 and three days later the third place and final will be played at the SoFi Stadium in California. (Reporting by Gustavo Palencia. Additional reporting by Carlos Calvo Pacheco in Mexico City)
Source: La Verdad
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