San José, California.- Gabriel Milito acknowledged the disappointment surrounding Guadalajara after being eliminated from the 2026 Leagues Cup following the defeat to FC Dallas, but made it clear that the team must look ahead and work on the areas that have not worked in order to get back on the path to winning.
At the post-match press conference, the manager explained that El Rebaño had a good first half, but acknowledged that their eagerness to win in the second half caused an imbalance in the team’s performance. Combined with their lack of effectiveness in front of goal, this ultimately cost them the defeat.
Gabriel Milito’s Quotes
The only way to improve is to work, take responsibility for the fact that we were not up to the expectations we created, and keep moving forward. We will continue insisting on improving our play and working on our finishing and effectiveness.”
By insisting a lot, working a lot, improving the areas we need to improve. We need to help the players who arrived much more so that when it is their turn to close out a game, they can give us the response we expect. When that doesn’t happen, the coach has a lot, a lot to do with it.”
We never imagined having this result after two matches. We are very sad. A lot of expectations had been generated around this team, and we did not achieve what we were looking for.”
The fans are always loyal to the team, to the badge. Wherever we go, we feel like the home team. And we are also very sad for them because surely they wanted and hoped, just like us, to at least reach the third match with a chance.”
Not being able to give the fans who supported us a reason to celebrate causes a lot of pain and sadness, not only because we were eliminated, but because we generated so much excitement. I have to take responsibility for this result.”
Football alone is not enough. In the end, it is about scoring goals, and there are stretches of the game that we do well, but in this tournament, when it comes to scoring, we have been erratic. We create chances, but we cannot score, and finishing is important. It’s not just about playing; you have to score goals.”
