Mexico City - We are just a few hours away from El Clásico de México and it's time to listen to Veljko Paunovic, who was confident about the work his team has done to improve its performance ahead of this Saturday's match. In addition, the Red and White strategist touched on some other interesting topics surrounding the rivalry between Chivas and América.
Veljko Paunovic's words:
"We have a system of play with 1 striker but we can change, however we must manage 3 attackers for a single position."
"To choose who plays we evaluate quality of work, fitness, attitude, performance. We are very sensitive to the form of each player".
"We have been consistent and we respect the processes, we seek to improve our arrivals to the opponent's area and to be able to combine them effectively."
"We spoke with Ronaldo before the friendly against León, we told him he would have an opportunity and he took it. He left us with a very good impression."
"We look to play with possession in the opponent's half and there are still aspects to improve. There are games where we've had losses that have affected us in terms of developing attacks".
"Against León I saw a lot of improvement, maybe for everyone it's just a friendly but we see it differently."
"The team continues to improve and tomorrow will give a good image".
"We will never make excuses, we always seek to empower the players. All teams have casualties, there is no time to think about that, we just have to work."
"Tomorrow we have a great opportunity to reaffirm our good form, the fans are expecting a great game and victory."
"They have a lot of quality and resources, knowing that we position ourselves as an opponent that wants to win and play well in the match."
"We don't want to put pressure on the referees, hopefully it will be a good show on the pitch."
"We don't focus on the past, we prefer to concentrate on what we can control".
"It's worthwhile to come and do events like the one we did yesterday when we visited CRIT. Seeing the children and their families happy is very special."
"It doesn't need to be a Clásico week to be supportive, we can and should always do that."
