Santos Laguna, always thinking about approaching with young people, carried out its cycle of conferences at the University Anáhuac Norte. For one more year, the Torreón team held the also called "Dia Santos" (Santos Day), in which speakers talk about current topics and exchange points of view with students of the institution and anyone who attends the facilities.
The presentations started early in the morning and ended precisely at two o'clock in the afternoon, with the conference by José Riestra, vice president of football of the club, with a talk that included topics such as the work method in basic forces, and even how signings are made in the first team:
"We pay attention to all kinds of details, we try to spend some hours or even a whole day with the prospect," he said. Riestra López also spoke about the implementation of the 10/8 rule, recently applied in national soccer; the leader commented that this modification in the regulations has been poorly measured and criticized too much. He considered that, sooner rather than later, they will achieve results in favor of the national raw material, especially with a group of young people that are coming along.
"We are privileged to have such a rule in Mexican soccer; they are being guaranteed eight fixed places. The main concern has been finding that balance; we are the only league in the world that competes at Sub 15, Sub 17 and Sub 20 levels, just like the first team. Today, this rule is to be evaluated in the medium term, we will see the results in three or four years, it has been criticized more than understood."
Riestra, who started his career at Santos since 2007, has clear objectives from his position, in the present of the first team:
"We chose José Manuel de la Torre, because he knows the national environment like few others; I believe that although we are not performing as we should, the necessary balance will be found and I trust that the results will come."