We have a group that never gives up and believes in itself – Antonio Contreras | OneFootball

Chivas Femenil failed to show their best form on Thursday night at the Estadio AKRON, where they lost 0-2 to Águilas in the first leg of the AP25 semifinals. El Rebaño settled better in the second half, but failed to reflect this on the scoreboard and will now have to try to stage a comeback in the Rojiblanca Capital.

Coach Antonio Contreras acknowledged in a press conference that it was not a performance worthy of his team's work throughout the semester, and emphasized that the tie is not over yet, as there is one more game to play, where the conviction of each of his players will be key to achieving the goal.

Antonio Contreras' words after the first leg of the semifinal

"We have to keep believing. There are 90 minutes left, and we were better in the regular season. They have the advantage on aggregate, but we have a group that doesn't give up.""These are mistakes that cost you a game, and we have to learn from them. I tried to correct the midfield, in terms of speed of play, linking passes and getting past lines, but congratulations to the opponent because they were better.""We lacked what we had in the second leg against Toluca: possession of the ball, consecutive passes. The best thing about this is that the group continues to believe; we have to correct our mistakes."These are moments when the players have to make decisions; you have to put yourself in their shoes. The good thing about this team is that they tried to correct their mistakes. We tried to take action. In the second half, the team came out more settled in midfield, and we were able to close down the inside a little better."The good thing about this playoff is that it's a two-leg tie; we're going in with the idea of winning it. If I didn't believe we could win the Toluca game, I wouldn't be here, and we did win it. A lot can happen in a game.""We're going to believe, give ourselves a vote of confidence, and not throw away all the work we've done in the tournament."