Chivas has started the Apertura 2023 in a big way and, after winning their second victory of the competition, the first in front of their own fans this semester, Veljko Paunovic was satisfied with the six points they have earned, although he acknowledged that his team needs to work harder to reach the potential he sees in his Rebaño.
Paunovic's post-Atletico San Luis quotes
"The objective was to start well, because of the schedule we have we knew we would have 3 matches before the Leagues Cup break, the objective was 9 points and we are close to achieving it."
"The essence of this group is humility, hard work and total commitment, I think it is a good way to fulfill the people, the union between the team and the fans is fundamental, we move forward and we will go game by game".
"Our priority is to recover Alexis and get the transfer of Erick Gutiérrez, which will also help us, but the work of the last tournament gives us a very solid base to work on".
"Yael Padilla has been working with us for a long time in a circumstance that we were bringing him up from the basics to train with us, he has a level and a lackadaisical nature, a tremendous talent, but I like to take things with time with guys like him."
"What I want is for Yael to win over the locker room, the veterans, his own teammates, when he achieves this there is tremendous potential. There are a couple of situations today that if we don't know how old he is, we would surely think he has 200 games in league, he has composure, he knows what he wants to do and where his teammates are, he also has an unbelievable ability to escape."
"I am positively exalted because the essence is fulfilled of Chivas, canteranos playing, defended this shield, its colors and winning, the opposite of my feeling is the field, it is unacceptable that this is so."
"We were not able to do everything we wanted to do in this formation and approach because the expulsion came very quickly and conditioned the whole match, the team's structure changed and we were a little bit there without clarity for a few minutes."
"The opposing team played very well with one less, the counterattacks we managed to counter them in the second half and we defended very well, I think 'Tiba' has functions and skills to play in that position (in front of the central defenders), he is another alternative, but he must work".
"We want to have more ball possession, play in the opponent's field longer, but the purpose is to have more arrivals to the opponent's area, that's how the goals fall."
"We are looking for improvement, to repopulate the midfield better, making rotations and looking for passing lines, attacking the area with and without the ball."
