Queretaro take trio to task over effort
Reuters - Tuesday 15 February 2011, 15:59
MEXICO CITY, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Relegation-threatened
Mexican side Queretaro have kicked two players off their squad
and dropped another to the reserves for lack of effort.
Colombian Jairo Castillo and fellow forward Arnhold Rivas
were suspended while midfielder Jorge Cardenas is training with
the reserves following the club's decision after Queretaro lost
5-0 to Toluca in the Clausura championship at the weekend.
"The players need to know what we are facing: relegation,
something very serious," club president Ulises Zurita said.
"We need cold heads and hot hearts but players who are not
committed don't help us," he told reporters on Monday night.
Queretaro's Argentine-born Uruguayan coach Gustavo Matosas
was given the club's backing with Zurita saying "for now he has
our unconditional support".
Queretaro, bottom of Group Three with four points from six
matches, meet Santos Laguna, runners-up in the Apertura in the
first half of the season, on Saturday.
Puebla, also with four points, have signed Uruguayan former
Indios coach Hector Eugui to take charge of their team having
sacked Jose Luis Trejo. Puebla face Chiapas on Sunday.
Tigres UANL lead Group One with 13 points, three more than
Santos Laguna. Toluca and San Luis are equal top of Group Two
with 12 points and Pumas UNAM lead Group Three with 12, two more
than title favourites Cruz Azul.
The top two in each of the three groups and the two next
best-placed teams in the overall standings after the 17-match
round robin phase qualify for the quarter-finals.