The American team arrives in Japan with high expectations

Last year, Ricardo Peláez, sports president of America, was one of the most criticized after the team's defeat against China's Guangzhou in the first match of the Club World Cup. The executive committed to making the team come back to change that image that no one liked and that left a great debt in the hearts of all American fans.

"It's a new opportunity, we come very excited after what happened in the League, the team has recovered many injured players, fortunately the team comes practically complete with a very good positive momentum and more adaptation to the coach's proposal, so we are very optimistic that we can achieve a good result, but now we have to rest because the trip was very long," said Ricardo Peláez upon arrival in Osaka, Japan.

Very excited about the possibility of achieving a good result: Ricardo Peláez, upon the arrival of Club America in Osaka. |via @higypop December 7, 2016

About the fact that the final of the domestic tournament had to be postponed, Peláez Linares said that it is something that was stipulated from the beginning and it was the League authorities that determined the competition rules.

"The regulations have been like this from the beginning, it was already known, we are already prepared for it, we have been attacked from all sides, about the state of the players, the signings... things that we haven't done, now they say that the executives are broke, so we dodge the bullets that come our way, we know perfectly well how we are and we are doing very well, very strengthened, with a great atmosphere, joy, and a lot of excitement for this challenge," he said.

He said that nothing in the environment distracts the team from doing a good tournament and returning to Mexico to fight with everything in the tournament final against Tigres, although he considered that the Club World Cup is not a revenge. "In soccer, there are no revenges, every week you have to keep winning because if not, you don't stay relevant, so the team is doing quite well and has a very good momentum," he added.

Club America is already in Osaka for its participation in the Club World Cup |via @higypop December 7, 2016

He acknowledged that "we have thoroughly analyzed the opponent, we have sent recordings, and we have a good analysis, and there are no excuses, we have to get the result in the first game," because they expect to return to Mexico until December 19 and not a week earlier.