Deer: opening day – Yucatan Diary

Three months flew by for Venados FC and their fans.

The horned ones, eliminated against the odds on April 27 by Atlético La Paz, will try to write a new story starting today, when they host Tepatitlán, at the start of the 2024 Apertura Tournament of the Expansion League.

The duel, at 7 p.m. at the Carlos Iturralde Rivero Olympic Stadium, will mark the debut of Rigoberto Esparza as technical director of the bulls. In the last tournament he served as assistant to Rafael Fernández Loperena.

The Yucatecans, who present a roster with several new faces, but maintaining the base of the Clausura, were the dominant team last season, in which they added a record figure for the franchise with 32 points, in addition to being the best offense and the second best defense.

“We are going to work to achieve the final objective, which is to be champions,” said the new coach during the official presentation of the team. Its president, Rodolfo Rosas Cantillo, pointed out that they made important moves trying to give the team what it needs to achieve its objectives.

The deer will play a total of 14 games in the Apertura, seven at home and seven on the road. They were solid in both areas last season. Their problem was in the toss-up that was the playoffs.— Gaspar Silveira Malaver

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