América will face Chivas de Guadalajara next Monday in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Concachampions. For Álvaro Fidalgo, defeating Chivas is “life or death.”
“The Classics are a different thing, Everyone has to bring out their best version. We have to bring out the best version of ourselves because Conca’s match is life or death and in the League we want to stay at the top,” said the footballer.
The Spanish footballer recognizes that the demands in the Águilas del América are quite strong, but it is something he has known for three years.
“I’ve been here for three years, I know how things are handled, you tie a game and it is said that you are in crisis. That’s how it is, it’s the club’s demand, it’s not worth failing,” Fidalgo commented.
The Azulcrema club faces Atlas this Saturday in a match that features the return of players like Richard Sánchez after overcoming flu illnesses. Then they will go to Akron Stadium in Guadalajara.
Álvaro Fidalgo highlighted that the 1-0 victory against Cruz Azul last night will help the team and was very important for the club.
It was very important for us to win the game against Cruz Azul. Many things were said, they play in a way that they have a lot of possession and we played a game as it should have been done. The first part of the team was the best this semester. We are clear about how the day-to-day life of this club is lived, the demands and pressure that exists.
Álvaro Fidalgo accepts that the calendar is no excuse for América
América will play five games in 14 days in two different competitions. Fidalgo accepts that for the Águilas this should not be an excuse in terms of performance.
“From the beginning we knew the schedule that was coming, we have two competitions, we want to win both. I never took it as an excuse. It’s hard to recover when you play every other day for a month. You are not free from having an injury, an illness. “We knew it and we faced everything that way.”
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