I am not tormented by reaching a final; I try at every opportunity

Erendira Palma Hernández

La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, May 16, 2024, p. a10

Fernando Tano Ortiz is once again preparing for another semifinal, the fourth he will play since he first took over a bench in the First Division two years ago. His statistics as a coach support him, except when he reaches this stage of the tournament and cannot pass the test to fight for the title. The challenge now will be Cruz Azul, a team that comes with high spirits.

It’s not something that runs through my head all the time or tortures me. If it happens, welcome; If not, I will get up, analyze it and try again when I have another opportunity, Ortiz said regarding that desire.

The history of the Argentine helmsman has been one of glory and setbacks. Just in his first season with América in the Clausura 2022 tournament, Tano he took the team to the prelude to the final; His inexperience prevented him from reaching the decisive duel. However, history repeated itself on two other occasions.

With Monterrey, he also demonstrated his potential as a strategist by qualifying the team to the league the previous season, although they lost in the quarterfinals.

Now, it is the fourth time in which he is in the battle to get the ticket to compete for the title. It is also a new opportunity to break a streak that has stigmatized him as a coach with potential, but who has been relegated from the most important stage of a tournament.

This time we faced Cruz Azul, it is a different team. One tries to analyze all the times this has happened and why I haven’t gotten a final; However, it does not torment me personally, Ortiz noted in an attempt to avoid falling into a game of tension.

The helmsman even avoids thinking about the possibility of being left out of the Rayados project if he does not advance to the next phase, just as he experienced with América after in three seasons he was left on the brink of the championship game.

I have stated it, I am fine. Soccer is a sport, if I didn’t reach the semifinals they would also question me, he indicated.

While the spotlight focuses on Ortiz, on the La Maquina bench Martín Anselmi is more relaxed as he experiences his first league after a promising competition.

There is a contrast between both helmsmen. For the Rayados player, this league is another opportunity to overcome the ghosts, while for Anselmi it is the test to confirm the good work he has had with Cruz Azul after having arrived at the club with uncertainty.

Anselmi has done a very important job in this early stage with the light blues, not only tactically, but also emotionally; That competitiveness is welcome, he makes us play differently to figure out what he will do with his team, Ortiz acknowledged.

The pressure to get a good result at home increased for the Rayados, after the platform in charge of selling tickets for the return match at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium announced that the tickets had been sold out.

2024-05-16 11:02:46
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