After Guadalajara's unfortunate defeat in the Clasico de Mexico, Veljko Paunovic sent a strong message to the red and white fans. First, he apologized for the defeat and then pledged to the entire
Chiva Nation with a promise that he wishes to fulfill fully.
Pauno's message:
"I want to apologize to our fans for this defeat, today they were excellent from the first minute. When we were losing 0-3 they gave us support and energy to go for the equalizer. We will get them excited again, I promise.
"We will continue working to live up to what this club demands. We failed today against a great opponent, but we are sure we will be strong again. We will learn from what we did wrong today."
Veljko Paunovic's words from the press conference:
"I think both teams defended badly in the first half, but both had an attractive approach."
"The reality is that they struck first, we had good response with 3 scoring chances. We generated arrivals and corners, the difference was in the strength they showed".
"The goal that hurts me the most this season is the fourth one they scored against us today, it's unacceptable and even more so when we are looking to come back from such a disadvantage."
"I'm proud of the team because we put forward a very difficult match. 21 shots on goal, 25 crosses and many corner kicks. We were close to the box as our identity dictates, but we lacked finishing."
"The second goal scored against us was the key, because we are looking to equalize or go 1 down at halftime."
"We will investigate everything to find out what happened in the expulsion of Víctor Guzmán."
"We have to calm down first to draw any kind of conclusion".
"We have to improve our marking in attack, we failed to press after a loss. Perhaps we should have made a tactical foul or slowed down the rival's advances".
"We knew that if we closed in it was going to be very difficult, in the first goal we were well armed but they circulated the ball very quickly."
"I'm proud of the players' response in the second half, we improved in defensive predisposition, but when you come from a disadvantage like that you need to be forceful."
"The team had a lot of desire from before the match, we wanted to mentalize that we had to execute the game plan without respecting the opponent so much."
"The players showed character, many things happen in matches, they can surprise you and you need to be alert."
"The learning from this match is that this awaits us in the Liguilla. I will focus on this from now on."
