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Monterrey Following Right Formula For Success
Hard work has led Monterrey into the Apertura 2009 final and could give the club the league title for the first time since 2003.
Dec 12, 2009 11:35:11 PM
If Rayados can repeat that in the final - and the club has taken care of the first part, winning the first leg at home - Monterrey will taste glory for the first time in six years.
Consistency, though, is something the club is quite familiar with. Midfielder Gerardo Galindo said the team is used to giving an honest effort every time out.
"From the time this team came together, everyone has been working hard every day," Galindo said in a press conference. "Everyone is humble and united and has a desire to be champions. We can smell it. It's a reflection of the games we've played and I believe this team has a lot of qualities of champions."
Monterrey beat Cruz Azul 4-3 on Thursday and need only to hold on to their lead to win their first league championshp since the Apertura 2003 season. Going in to the second leg, Cruz Azul are the team that needs a goal and that may need to show desperation.
But Galindo said the team's road is still long.
"We've still got halfway to go, 90 minutes that allow us to dream," he said. "But they are against a rival who is very complicated. Monterrey needs to show up with personality and needs to secure the advantage and, if posssible, add to it."
When it comes to effort, teammates said, when Monterrey play with the right amount of effort the consequences are positive. And now the team needs only to amplify and extend their level of concentration to come out victorious.
"Everyone saw the last game what happened in the 45 minutes that we gave everything," defender Severo Meza said. "Now, that needs to be 90 because we can't give away one single minute."
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