If there is one thing that characterizes Veljko Paunovic, it is his constant self-criticism and after the painful defeat against Sporting Kansas City, the red and white coach was categorical in recognizing that Guadalajara's participation in the Leagues Cup was shameful. In addition, the Serbian coach considered that his team must learn from its mistakes in order to pick up the pace with which it started the Apertura 2023.
Veljko Paunovic's words:
"We were not good in any of the matches, in general we are very unhappy with what we showed this tournament."
"Today's conclusions were very obvious, we are not up to competing internationally."
"The Concachampions is coming up in 6 months and we will prepare ourselves to compete in the best way."
"Now that we return to Guadalajara we must recover the humility and identity of this team".
"This Rebaño supports the teammate and gives the best of itself, we have shown many interesting things and today we didn't show it".
"The fans are very important and we need their support, we know the volatility caused by a result".
"From now on we put on our helmets and take out our swords, we will go back to being the Rebaño Sagrado we have been until now."
"The physical level we showed here is not adequate, there are several players who are working to find their best physical and footballing form. It's no excuse, it's simply the process where we are."
"If the substitutes keep pushing, the team will continue to grow."
"We want to work on internal competition and encourage everyone to get their act together".
"There are failures that can be solved, but today we were not capable, there was a lack of communication between the defensive lines".
"Kansas played a great game, I was ashamed of the dance they gave us in the first half. The second half we improved a little bit but obviously it wasn't enough."
"We had a mediocre tournament, but I still have a thousand percent confidence in the group."
"We want to get the fans excited again, we want them to feel well represented".
