On the phone, Miguel Herrera, who, despite the results crisis, is at the head of Xolos de Tijuana and that monopolize all his attention, he takes time to answer the call from La Opinión to refute those criticisms that claim that he maintains his position at the head of the border squad due to cronyism with the team’s owner Jorge Alberto Hank.
“I think it’s totally disrespectful. I am a coach who has been directing for 20 years and has only had things go wrong once, So I think this is not due to ability, but because we have not known how to score the goal that makes the difference and does not fall,” he said.
We know that you have a great relationship with Jorge Alberto Hank, but there is a limit if the results do not appear?
You should ask them that, because they have said very vain nonsense. Everyone has said it that There is a friendship with the owner of the team, but we must remember that I also got along very well with Mauricio Culebro in Tigres.
I also got along very well with Santiago Baños in América. I got along very well with José González Ornelas, Luis Miguel Salvador and Jorge Urdiales in Monterrey. Also with Mr. Antonio Leaño in Los Tecos. I dare to say that they are all my friends.
I can say that football has allowed me to meet very capable people, their sincere friendship, but also Unfortunately it was their turn to thank me and I have always said this is not about friendship, it is about work and the result.
Obviously, when the results are not given, decisions can be made today, tomorrow or endure as has happened until now for Jorge Alberto Hank and Antonio Núñez, who are the owner and vice president of the team, who have seen what is being worked on and are with me every day.
They make decisions and have decided that the project will continue and I just have to continue working and be grateful that the project continues.
They are football people and they see that the team makes an effort and wants to get ahead on the field. But unfortunately we did not find the result.
What does the board say to you?
Like everyone, I think we are all eager for results, obviously in a hurry to get a result that gives us confidence.
How to accept the moment that Xolos is experiencing where results are not being given?
We have to assume it with work, there is no other option because the team plays well, but unfortunately the results do not appear. The team plays well, tries to play good football, but the results are not with us. Sometimes there are distractions or then they score great goals, but we have to keep working, I can’t find any other way.
But fans are increasingly losing patience, how to take this moment?
I understand it and of course one would like to respond to the fans. One understands it. I know they are losing patience, one appreciates that they are there every day supporting. But I think the most notable thing is that the players are showing up.
Is it the worst moment of your career?
Yes, well, it is a difficult moment because I have never been in a moment like I am now, but I repeat it is difficult because the results are not coming. But if the team didn’t play well, but if we didn’t generate what we generated, if the team didn’t work, then it would be the worst, worst moment of my career.
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