America and Chivas face each other in the Clásico Nacional
America will play against Chivas this Saturday in the Clásico Nacional, a match in which there are unfinished accounts from the semifinals of the last league, although it is not the same stage, pride always has to come out in these types of games.
Brian Rodriguez, America forward, talked about the feelings prevailing in the team for this match, pointing out that it cannot be seen as a revenge, but the objective is to win regardless of the way.
"I believe that winning a Clásico is very important for the satisfaction, for us and for the fans, because they always ask us and say that the important thing is to win the clásicos and I think the best way to do it is on Saturday, I don't see it that way (as a revenge) because it was a very special playoff match, the truth is that we had a lot of hope and the fans too, we were very connected and for me it was a special match and the wound will always be there, but we have to lift our heads and keep going, it's a new clásico and it has nothing to do with the playoffs, but we have to win it", said the Uruguayan.
"The wound will always be there, but we have to keep going because it is a new Clásico Nacional and it has nothing to do with the playoffs," Brian Rodriguez assures about America's elimination at the hands of Chivas in Clausura 2023.
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He added that while it is important to win and please, in the end it is better to leave with the points in the bag. "I believe that thinking about that, winning simply, yes," then we will see how we will play and how things will turn out, obviously we would like to win by a large margin, win and please, but sometimes football gives you that and I prefer to win."
He pointed out that the team has been working well these days, although they were not complete due to the absence of national team players and because some players are also recovering from injuries.
"Very well, in truth, focused and working on what this FIFA Date was," he said, referring to the work done in the United States, focused on this match and the Clásico, which is crucial to win.
He added that the pressure to play a clásico is what they are used to having at Club America, because they deal with that situation every day.
"The pressure is there every day, the clásico is a separate match and the pressure is there every day and we are used to it and the clásico is lived with a lot of passion and that is what matters, here the pressure is lived day by day, match by match and we will try to win it."