Ciudad Juárez - Having come within a few minutes of beating FC Juárez on the road and having a controversial play ruin the game plan, left a bittersweet taste with Veljko Paunovic, who considered that his team did just enough to deserve to win, but will have to redouble their efforts in order to achieve greater advantages and be able to achieve more victories in the rest of the Apertura 2023.
Pauno's post-FC Juárez quotes
"According to our player there was no contact and according to the shots that were taken I think it was worth reviewing it (VAR), we are very upset because other plays where there was a possibility that they could have scored something in our favor were not considered the same and that this directly influences our losing 2 points, it is disappointing".
"I don't know how these things happen, right now I would say that it is regrettable how we have been treated by those who have been the judges today."
"We had many unnecessary losses, that's criticism towards us, otherwise I think that without the ball we played a very good game, we managed to limit the opponent's damage, they attacked us very little and it was a controlled game most of the time".
"We are looking for our best form, we are not there yet and we have to be very practical as the team continues to mesh, the truth is that we have a tight schedule ahead of us."
"I think we deserved to win today, I think it was accidental this whole situation with the penalty, but this has to make us more alert and more hungry."
"I don't have any doubts, nobody in the dressing room does, and if someone does, then I will have to solve it. The group is united, but very upset about tonight and this has to nourish us for the next match".
"Today we were on alert waiting for the right moment to strike, we didn't kill the game when we could and that was our mistake, that's something we will achieve when the team is ready".
"LAFC played with a false 9 against Bravos, which was Vela and it went well, then things are questioned when they don't end up with a positive result, I believe that today the strategy with Vega worked for us, especially when we still need to be at our best".
"There are many variations that we use, but we can't use all of them at the same time, we use the ones that we consider can make us competitive at every moment of the match".
