Lavolpe Views Aguirre's Arrival As Positive

Atlas manager Ricardo Lavolpe hailed the arrival of Javier Aguirre to El Tricolor. The former Mexican national team manager rarely comments on the national team, but thinks that Aguirre will help the situation.

“I think it’s very good," Lavolpe said. "First, because he’s Mexican - that surely gives him an advantage - and second because he has some knowledge. He’s been there already. Having been there he knows some of the factors involved. Forget about the factors on the field, but of those off, and well it seems like a fair choice.”

Lavolpe managed the national team from 2002, when he took over the job left vacant by Aguirre, until the end of the 2006 World Cup and knows the pressures of the position. He issued some advice to Aguirre.

“He’ll have to have good helpers because yes, he knows the atmosphere, he knows the idiosyncrasies," Lavolpe said. "He’s been here and knows the environment. In the eight years that he hasn’t been here (things have changed). Everyone 'watches' football, but it’s not the same as being here. Although I do not doubt his experience he should have help from here.”

The most important thing that Aguirre must do is win, said Lavolpe. 

“The obligation of the manager is to win. That’s what they’re going to obligate him to do. If they took out a manager that wasn’t winning away it’s logical that the one that comes in will be forced to win. It’s always the same. Football is about winning and when you draw or lose that’s when the comments come in.”

 

 

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