For Hirving “Chucky” Lozano there is nothing left but to apologize to the Mexican fans after the painful defeat suffered by El Tri against the United States (0-2) in the Concacaf Nations League final that took place on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.
The Mexican forward, who received the opportunity to start due to the injury of Julián Quiñones, acknowledged that it was not the best performance of the team led by Jaime Lozano who suffered their second defeat against the Americans in the decisive instance of this competition.
“Chucky” Lozano offered his apologies to the Mexican fans who filled the AT&T Stadium where they had to witness the goals of Tyler Adams (m.45) and Gio Reyna (m.61) to give the United States its third title in as many editions of the Nations League.
“I came to offer an apology to all the fans who do not deserve this. “I want to thank you for your support and apologize, nothing more.”commented the Eredivisie PSV Eindhoven player during his time in the mixed zone after the match.
Hirving “Chucky” Lozano He also spoke about the performance of the Mexican team, which was not up to par with a rival that has been resisting them for some time now, taking into account that Mexico has not beaten the United States since 2019. They reached seven games in row without being able to beat them.
“It wasn’t our day, we missed a lot of things, we missed a lot of things and that happens when you don’t go out on the field at one hundred percent and with a team like that this ends up happening”analyzed the new setback against the American team, against whom they have even gone more than 400 minutes without even scoring a goal.
But beyond the result and the defeat, the Mexican striker raises his head and sets his sights on what is to come for the Aztec team, which this year will have a tough challenge with its participation in the Copa América in the United States where it will face the group stage to Ecuador, Venezuela and Jamaica.
“We are going to continue working, what corresponds to me is going to analyze what we stopped doing. We know that we were not able to face this match and that is football.”concluded the player who saw action during the two games played by Mexico in the Final Four of the Nations League.
Before the loss against the United States, the Mexican National Team achieved a good victory over Panama (0-3) in the semifinals of the tournament thanks to the goals of Edson Álvarez, Julián Quiñones and Orbelín Pineda, so they arrived inspired to a final that It didn’t end as they expected.
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