The Lion will receive the Atlas this Thursday; It will be the third final that Mena plays with the felines.
The Ecuadorian Ángel Mena, right winger of the Leon of Mexican soccer, said on Wednesday that his dream is to score in what will be his third final with his team.
“I want and dream of scoring in the final, helping my team to become champion, it would be a special satisfaction as it was last year, but of course now I would like to score,” said Mena in the previous match of the first leg of the end of Apertura 2021.
The Lion will receive the Atlas this Thursday; It will be the third final that Mena plays with the felines. He lost the Clausura 2019 to Tigres and won the Apertura 2020 to the Pumas; In none of these finals the Ecuadorian could score.
The Leon jersey 13 recognized that helping his team reach the ninth league in its history would be a great honor.
“We want to close the tournament with a flourish, we want to get the ninth and provide satisfaction to our fans. We are going to be very focused because it would be an honor to win two titles with this institution ”, he stressed.
The Ecuadorian team sent a message to the followers of the Lion. “This goes for them. It will be motivating to have our people supporting in a full stadium, I invite you to come and experience a nice party, it will be quite a show. We are all happy to be in another final. “
Ángel Mena recognized the dangerousness of Atlas, his rival in the championship dispute.
“The Atlas has done a tremendous tournament, for something they were second, but we finished third stuck there. I trust that we come out focused and I hope to help my team to be champion ”.
The Atlas finished the regular phase of the Apertura 2021 in the second step with 29 points, the same as the Lion, but it was better than the felines in goal difference.
Regarding the formula to gain advantage in the first leg, Mena explained that it happens to be calm to score.
“Patience is going to be key for us, we want to gain an advantage and we know that we are going to have the support of our fans, between patience and the pressure of the people we can have the key to take that advantage”. (D)
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