MEXICO -- Porto spoke with Pedro Caixinha before signing Argentine Agustín Marchesín, former goalkeeper of América, for the next season. The question that the Portuguese team had was if the second goalkeeper of the albiceleste selection could be at the level of the demands of Europe.
"A doubt that existed in the signing of Marchesín with Porto was that here the ball is much slower, rolls much slower, the game is much slower in terms of intensity and ball circulation, and if there the ball is much faster, because it bounces much faster, they wanted to know if he was prepared, because it is a doubt and a difference," confessed Pedro Caixinha, coach of Cruz Azul.
Prior to the signing of the goalkeeper, the Portuguese commented that the Dragons team contacted him to ask for some references about Marchesín, whom he coached in 2015 when they were champions with Santos. Now, the Lusitanian commented what was the team's doubt, in which Jesús 'Tecatito' Corona also plays, to sign the former América player.
Caixinha also explained that the change to natural grass in the Estadio Azteca did not affect his team, although he clarified that the best stadiums in the world play with hybrid grass.
"For me what is important is that the fields are the best possible, that the grass is as short as possible, that you can wet it after warming up, to make the game faster and to improve."