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Lizzy BecheranoJun 30, 2025, 03:38 PM ET
Monterrey caput manager Domenec Torrent admitted his squad faces a superior hostile successful Borussia Dortmund successful the Club World Cup circular of 16 connected Tuesday nighttime astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, but helium expects the Liga MX broadside to vie well.
Rayados qualified to the knockout signifier of the tourney aft emerging successful 2nd spot from Group E with 2 draws and a victory, edging retired River Plate and Urawa Red Diamonds, portion finishing down radical winners Inter Milan.
"Knowing that they are superior to us, it is nary secret, successful presumption of squad, successful presumption of budget, what they are utilized to competing in, they are successful large competitions," Torrent said connected Monday. "But Monterrey has already done good successful 3 games playing wholly antithetic some successful presumption of strategy and thought of play.
"I deliberation that we are going to effort to astatine slightest vie until the extremity due to the fact that we correspond a precise important squad and besides we privation to amusement ourselves. I person said it galore times, that Mexican shot successful wide is susceptible of competing amended and better."
Torrent said helium knows the prime of Borussia Dortmund good aft his clip moving successful Pep Guardiola's coaching unit astatine Bayern Munich, allowing him to pass to his players the level of attraction needed connected the transportation successful bid to compete.
"I cognize them from my clip astatine Bayern, however good they compete, the nine successful general, careless of the players who travel present and who they'll person later," Torrent said. "I privation to marque my squad consciousness that we person to vie for each ball, each minute, each second, lone past tin we vie against BVB."
In 2007, Torrent joined Guardiola's coaching unit astatine FC Barcelona B earlier going connected to enactment for the Spaniard astatine Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City. Torrent assisted Guardiola to 24 trophies successful 11 years moving together.
Despite featuring nether his unit astatine erstwhile editions of the Club World Cup, this stands arsenic the archetypal clip Torrent leads a squad successful the contention arsenic caput coach.
"It's precise bully due to the fact that you look antithetic shot cultures. You spot that shot is getting person each time due to the fact that radical survey it, analyse it," Torrent said. "Yes, that usually idiosyncratic prime determines galore matches and for maine it's a luxury to beryllium capable to beryllium successful a Club World Cup. I was successful the different Club World Cup 3 oregon 4 times with Bayern, Barcelona, with Cit,y but arsenic Pep Guardiola's assistant, not arsenic caput coach.
"It's the archetypal clip that I'm arsenic caput manager successful a Club World Cup, truthful for maine it's a luxury and to person the squad that I have. We're each moving hard, players connected this board, to find ourselves comfy capable to vie well, and I anticipation we tin enactment successful this tourney galore times.
"That means we've won things, and winning things allows america to beryllium successful this World Cup."
Monterrey qualified for the 2025 Club World Cup by winning the 2021 Concacaf Champions League, beating Club America successful the final. The victor of Tuesday's circular of 16 lucifer would spell connected to look the victor of the crippled betwixt Real Madrid and Juventus successful the quarterfinals.
