Taurus and CAI do not believe in favoritism

Argentinian Diego Gutierrez from Taurus FC and Panamanian Franklin Narvaez from Independent Athletic Club La Chorrera (CAI) agreed this Tuesday that they were relieved of the pressure of being favorites for the final Opening of the 2023 Panama Football League (LPF).

“We are not favourites. We know we will face the last champion, we respect that. We know they have a very positive team in attack and defence, but we are working to play our game on Saturday,” said Gutiérre.

He bull FC i La Chorrera Independent Athletic Club (CAI) They will meet this Saturday at the Rommel Fernández Stadium.

He Taurus FC There is no pressure in the final because it is the team with the most titles in Panama (16 cups), said Gutiérre.

“I have no pressure. I enjoy – no pressure – every minute and every moment with this group,” he declared.

Gutierrez, who replaced the Venezuelan Francisco Perlo on the Taura bench, took over the leadership of the club in the last term of the knockout phase, successfully played the league, the semi-finals and brought him back to the Panamanian football final.

“In the final we will see Tauro who will be very serious in the offensive, who will try to block CAI’s attack and propose our game,” said the native of the city of Rosario, Argentina.

El Tauro, who will try to win his seventeenth cup on Saturday, will face a popular rival, because in the Clausura 2018 final. Taurus FC. lost 1-0 against CAI. after the Panamanian’s goal Omar Brown.

Exactly Brown militate this semester with Taurus FCbut Gutiérre announced that he will not play in the final due to a clause in his contract that prevents him from doing so.

He Panamanian Narváez tHe doesn’t see himself as a favorite either, even though he leads one of the teams that directly qualified for the semi-finals, with the best quota of goals and the highest number of points in the first phase of the tournament, with 33 points.

“I don’t feel like a favorite in all the shows I’ve heard I’ve been to bull as a favorite, it goes without saying because they play at home at the Rommel Fernández stadium and I can only say that the final is played and won,” said the Panamanian coach.

“We are all happy” because great work has been done in these two seasons and they are trying “to reach the final in the best way possible and remain champions”, the coach pointed out. CAI.

Narvaez pointed out that they are trying to recover their key players after an intense return semifinal against Plaza Amador.