Faithful to his controversial personality, the legendary América midfielder, the Brazilian Antonio Carlos Santos, dusted off the revolver pHe practically riddled the current players of the American team with his criticism. Henry Martín, Diego Valdés and Igor Lichnovsky, pointing out that they do not have enough quality to wear the important shirt of the Coapa team.
Interviewed by David Faitelson on the TUDN sports channel, Santos had no compassion for the American players, especially with forward Henry Martín, who in the six years of his career with América has gone from less to more until he became the seventh scorer in the team’s history with 101 goals.
In the broadcast he also referred to the former Real Madrid figure, Hugo Sánchez, whom he described as superb and that if he had stayed in the American team he would have hit the Pentapichichi, due to the personal differences he has with the highest reference in Mexican football at the level. international.
But Santos had another vision and even described the current management of his compatriot André Jardine as a failure. leading the American team in the Clausura 2024 tournament, after a few months ago he defended the management of the same technical director, especially by winning the 14th title in the Apertura 2023 tournament, although without taking into account the latest results that the team has recorded. Coapa painting.
Regarding Henry Martín said that: “I was always critical of Henry, with all due respect, I have always said that he was a log and that He does not deserve to be in América, especially because today’s forwards should take Cabinho’s style as an example.who is the top scorer in Liga MX.”
But Santos’ criticism did not stop there, he also launched it against the Chilean Diego Valdés, of whom he said: “It’s just good. He still lacks, he is a player who has intelligence, but he does not exploit what he should give.
The former champion midfielder in the 1987-88 and 1989-90 seasons with the Coapa team, tHe also had criticism of the Chilean defender Igor Lichnovskyof whom he said that: “The truth is, I don’t know how players are hired in América, if a guy leaves Tigres and they reward him with América, in Mexican soccer we are ready to cry.”
Finally, he had very severe words for the current performance of his former team: “America is a good team, they have a good squad, but the players are plenty, They are not doing that part when they reach the league. I’m not saying that América is not champion, we have been there for 25 years, more than 60 tournaments, we have 5-6 short tournaments, it is a total failure.”
It should be noted that this is not the first time that Antonio Carlos Santos has criticized his former team, where many people have considered that part of this attitude It is because they have not given him the opportunity to show his talent in a position within the million-dollar organization, but the reality is that the Brazilian has the authority and background to issue this type of criticism.
He described Hugo Sánchez as superb
In the same broadcast, Antonio Carlos Santos, when questioned about his relationship with Hugo Sánchez, stated that it is not true that the greatest reference in Mexican football has kicked him out of América: “Those are the bad languages, the story was like this: I had a proposal to go to Portugal, Italy or River Plate in Argentina and I’m not a liar, nor am I saying that I went or that I believe it a lot or that I had the opportunity to go to Real Madrid.”
And he added that: “Not at all, what I said are real options that I had, they came and called Panchito and I wanted to go to Porto, because in Portugal, I said I am going to speak the same language, I am going to play in the Champions League, in that “Then he will be the champion of champions, so I decided to leave, but they didn’t kick me out.”
He also stated that: “With the arrival of Hugo, Mr. Emilio Diez Barroso speaks to me.” and he tells me, hey, Hugo is going to arrive and I tell him, look if he arrives, there will be godmother (hits), if you want it that way, for me, no problem, there will be godmother (fight), because to begin with that guy “He is arrogant, he is a bad guy, he has always said it, he always has been, but no one says anything, everyone stays silent.”
And he ended by saying that: “We know that he is the emblematic figure of Mexico, but with the Negro I pinch him, but I did not leave America because of him, I left because I wanted to, I went to Portugal, I went to play for Porto, I went to do what I wanted and to prevent that from happening to me, well, I left and then when I came back, who left? Well, Hugo, there They say that karma is karma, the same thing happened, when I arrived he had to sign a contract recession contract.
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