Fernando Gago's analysis after the first leg of the CL24 Semifinals | OneFootball

Last night it was demonstrated that Chivas has the quality and initiative necessary to win the Clasico de Mexico in the Semifinals of the Clausura 2024, as it monopolized the ball to create opportunities in the area of the fierce rival, which left no one in doubt that Guadalajara was better in the first leg of the Semifinals of the Clausura 2024, even though it could not be reflected in the scoreboard.

This was reaffirmed by the Red and White coach Fernando Gago at the end of the match, where he highlighted his team's performance at the press conference, although he acknowledged that it will be of no use if they do not score a goal in the second leg of the series this Saturday at Azteca Stadium.

Fernando Gago's words after the Clásico de México

"I think the course of the match was very good for us. For almost 45 minutes it was where we wanted to play it; in the first 10 minutes of the second half it cost us a little. When we corrected, we were good, very committed and we were superior".

"We are going to continue working in the same way. We are looking for the concepts to try to attack and damage the opponent, and from that we will see how they are physically to play on Saturday.

"For me soccer is a whole, it's attack and defense. The pressure that the forwards put on the ball to try to prevent the ball from arriving in clear situations for the opponent is also a defense, and the defensive part has to be the protagonist in the attack".

"I see the team very well, today it was shown that the team worked for 90 minutes in every situation of individual and aerial duels. The team is very well physically, but when there are 2 days left for a Semifinal, the fatigue is not so much".

"We have to get to the goal situation, we have to have the moments and the pressures, Ricardo Marín is a fantastic player who does a great job for the team. Today he had 2 situations that he couldn't score, but that's okay. We had 17 total shots, 6 on goal; the team had opportunities and that makes me happy."

"I think every day that the whole squad will be available. Whoever trains the best and whoever feels he is the best is going to play".

"From the beginning of the preseason the competition between the 3 goalkeepers was very difficult to decide to see who would start. I decided on 'Tala' because of some aspects of what I think a goalkeeper needs to have. Every day I see him getting better, with more confidence in his game and that means that he hasn't scored a goal for several days".

"What I liked and analyzed is that the team dominated at the moment they wanted to dominate, the way we wanted to play it. They didn't create situations for us, we were building confidence; we lacked the last pass.