After what happened with José Juan Macías before the match against Pumas, Veljko Paunovic and Dr. Jaime Figueroa, Director of Sports Sciences at Club Deportivo Guadalajara, held a press conference in which very important topics were discussed, first about the red and white striker and then about the general points of the match against UNAM.
The words of Dr. Jaime Figueroa:
"JJ presents a total rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and we also found a meniscus injury that has already been sutured."
"The player underwent surgery this morning and everything went well."
"A second injury requires more time in order to heal."
"This injury happens a lot in soccer, we have to face this challenge as such, we want to have José Juan Macías ready as soon as possible".
"The graft that was put in last July was well received, the surgery at that time was also successful."
"When a player jumps and falls on one leg we usually see these types of injuries, plus JJ has a leg in valgus, which means it is a little bit inward and that was also a factor."
"Macias is a mentally strong person, he is in a process of accepting this injury and what he has to work on to come back stronger."
"We will accompany him with the area of human development, we are helping him to channel these situations and to occupy his time to study some other things during his recovery."
"These types of injuries do not mean that your career is over, there are cases of footballers who compete at the highest level after recovering."
"We are confident that it will be a successful recovery process."
"We can't say for sure if he will be ready in the eighth month or the ninth, what we can say is that Jose Juan will be playing at the highest level soon. We will all strive to bring him back to his best performance."
Veljko Paunovic's words:
"The whole Club is very touched by this unfortunate event, we wish JJ a speedy recovery. I have talked to him after the surgery, he told me that he understands that these things happen."
"I loved the attitude with which he took this, he is a kid with tremendous intelligence and understands that in this process that he is going through he needs to be positive."
"Everyone who comes out to play tomorrow needs to appreciate that they are healthy to play, we will fight for him until he plays for us again."
"Alan Mozo is a refreshing player, he has a lot of energy and hunger. His process is going from less to more, he is understanding what we need from him both in defense, as well as in attack."
"Strengthening the mentality has been a very motivating job, we have improved and the proof of that is the last few games."
"We did not shrink against the champion, we went with a clear and direct proposal, that gives me satisfaction. The last game we turned it around and scored in the last minutes, that indicates that the mentality has changed and that they never give up."
"I have 4 sons and they all play soccer, when one falls down I tell him to get up, because when you compete fiercely you manage to demand the maximum from your opponent and that makes you a better competitor."
"We have to give tools to the strikers so they can get on track, help them in the clearance, in finishing and in how they position themselves."
"Scoring goals is a team effort, it's not just the responsibility of one striker."
"My experiences as a player give me the power to help strikers grow."
"Puente has to earn his confidence by playing and scoring goals, we know he has a lot of potential, but he comes from 2 cruciate injuries and we want to take his process very carefully. When he is ready, we will call him up."
"We are delighted with the potential there is in Tapatio and Subs players."
"As Marcelo Bielsa said: we have to prepare the young players so that when they have the opportunity, they don't fail."
"Every rival is of maximum demand, we go into the matches with that mentality and with the identity we have shown in most of the matches."
"I learn a lot by watching our rivals, I am in an accelerated process of drawing conclusions that will help us to be more competitive."
"We aspire to be a winning team with a renewed identity."
