Chivas will have several days to prepare for the next match in the Leagues Cup, which they must win to keep alive their aspirations of advancing to the next round after a 1-1 draw in their debut against San José Earthquakes.
After the end of the match at Levi's Stadium, Fernando Gago spoke to the media. He took the opportunity to give his analysis of the match and, at the same time, talk about the general outlook of the team.
Fernando Gago's words
"We had complications when it came to putting together the team, there were several players who had stomach problems and were not fit to play. Some had to participate for less time than we had planned".
"I am calm because the team understands that structure we are looking for regardless of who plays."
"The first half was not what we expected, we made 3 or 4 punctual mistakes. They had 2 or 3 arrivals in the whole match."
"During the first half we lacked that deep pass that we were able to find in the second half."
"When a team is positioned with so many players in defense, there is less space and it's complicated, you have to be patient like in the goal".
"We have one more game left and we're still in the competition, that's the most important thing".
"Javier Hernández had a muscular load and we didn't want to risk him in this match, we will try to make sure he arrives as well as possible for the next one".
"Speaking of the penalty shootout, we have a stipulated list and then the players decide who is in the best condition to shoot."
"We will continue to insist and believe in the game situations we can generate, we will never give a game for lost and we will try until the end."
"Alvarado had problems and I preferred he play fewer minutes. If he started maybe the game demanded us to play longer and he was not in conditions to do so. Not having a preseason is going to cost him the first few games, so we decided to integrate him into the games and work specifically with him throughout the week."
