During the break derived from the FIFA Date, José Manuel de la Torre has been busy studying his team and trying to find a way to get them out of the bottom of the standings, he wants to recover ground and continue with aspirations, both in the league and in the cup.
"The break served us well, but we must reflect it in the team's performance, with good results, we hope to apply it properly in these matches."
The strategist has practically his team ready to return to action this Saturday, away to Necaxa, a match where he considers it important that his team obtains a good result to keep having aspirations, so that more options open up.
He pointed out that in the Copa MX, his team depends on themselves, because "by winning against Veracruz, they advance to the next round, besides, we will be at home and we must take advantage of that".
"Whenever we have possibilities to keep advancing, they will be opportunities to continue observing players, competing, and seeking to reach the maximum".
"It serves us in one way or another. In the league, we are interested in rescuing the most points, we have possibilities to qualify and as long as they continue, we will be fighting. The idea is to be focused on the top positions".
For the Santos strategist, the most important thing was to have broken the negative streak with a victory, whether at home or away.
"Winning is winning, whether at home or away, the team had not won since last season and some cup matches, so there was that pressure, now that it has been released and we have that idea of winning anywhere, all matches, at home and away, in all of them we have to try to take the greatest advantage", he said.
Now, for the match in Aguascalientes, De la Torre will have his entire squad available, although he did not work with all of them in the previous week, as he had players who went to the national team.
"We have some absences for training, young players in lower categories, we have started, but Djaniny and Molina have already returned, we have taken advantage of the time to instill the concepts we want the team to handle and do well".
"The break served us well, but we must reflect it in the team's performance, with good results, we hope to apply it properly in these matches".
Regarding Necaxa, Chepo indicated that, like Santos, they are living their own circumstances and they need to be attentive to them, even trying to make them favorable, but he warns that each team has its difficulties.
"We have been observing Necaxa and within their circumstances, they have done well, they did not deserve some of the results they had in some matches, they had good games, they have interesting players, they have been coming together more and more, that is why it will not be an easy match, but we will fight our own battle".
In the topic of the National Team, when asked about the draw against Honduras, the strategist stated:
"Whenever we have possibilities to keep advancing, they will be opportunities to continue observing players, competing, and seeking to reach the maximum".
"What I think is that rivals always seek to frustrate and look for the mistake to play their own style of football, they expect a mistake, a set piece to score, but these are circumstances that happen and it is normal until our own goal is scored and the game changes, that happens everywhere, even in South America, we have seen it with Argentina".
He declined to comment on the rumors claiming that a replacement for Osorio in the National Team is already being sought:
"I cannot comment because I do not know the circumstances that are being experienced, besides, I am not a critic, I am just another coach, I am a colleague, and my position is as a coach, that's why when these types of situations arise, I stay on the sidelines, it seems more ethical to me".
"There is a situation that for me is very clear, I don't see it as a fan, so making any comment about this is not appropriate, because I am a colleague".
"Besides, I have already experienced it, that's why I stay on the sidelines, these are decisions made by the executives, but I support the national team whoever is in charge, whether the decisions are liked or not, they are not ours to make".
What Chepo is sure about is that he would never say no to the National Team: "I would never refuse a call-up to the National Team, first because it is one of the greatest aspirations I can have as a Mexican, but there are times for everything and you must have merits to be there", he concluded.
JFR