After a magical night at the Akron Stadium, Guadalajara overcame adversity and advanced to the Semifinals of the Clausura 2023 after knocking out Atlas. Now they will face América. At the end of the match, Veljko Paunovic was quite forceful in his statements.
El Rebaño Sagrado’s coach assured that hids team knew how to handle the emotions, as they didn’t fall apart despite the setback suffered in the first leg. In addition, Pauno expressed his gratitude for the tremendous support from the fans during El Clásico Tapatío.
"Apart from being happy for the victory, today was dramatic as a Clasico should be”.
"I want to thank the fans and the players for that fantastic energy that was contagious today, I am grateful for the effort and delighted by the growth of the players”.
"As of tomorrow we will already start preparing for the next Clasico, step by step”.
"Today the combination of work and joy is something you don't see much, we have a great group and the boys were heroes today”.
"Against América... there will be time to talk, today we have to enjoy this win".
"I think it was even, I want to congratulate Atlas for their desire to compete".
"We were a worthy opponent, we fought for our own and for that I congratulate my team".
"From the start we had good intensity, something we lacked in the first match, we hadn't been ourselves and today that was the difference."
"We scored again from set pieces and it's part of the work and conviction of our group."
"In the first half we were very strong in defense; many things I liked, but in the last minutes we suffered too much, which I think was due to exhaustion."
"We passed this great test and we are already looking towards the future."
"I'm looking forward to preparing for the match, I have to give the group a breather so they can recover and have the capacity to absorb information, time is short".
