Monterrey head coach Antonio Mohamed has insisted that “nothing is impossible” as his side set out to stun European champions, Liverpool, in the Club World Cup semi-finals this week in Qatar.
The Champions League winners Liverpool are heavy favorites to lift the Club World Cup for the first time in their illustrious history, having been beaten by Sao Paulo in the final of the competition back in 2005.
The Reds will be expected to breeze past their Mexican opponents Monterrey and storm into the final, but Mohamed is full of belief his team can pull off a seismic upset and dump the Premier League leaders out of the competition.
Since Mohamed returned for a second spell in charge in October, Monterrey has not lost a single game and is in the final of Liga MX’s Apertura tournament and they will contest a two-legged final with Club America later this month.
While speaking to reporters Mohamed admitted that his Monterrey side has a big ambition to play against one of the best managers and team in the world, “We have a big ambition to play against Liverpool and we came to compete strongly at this mega-tournament, Jurgen Klopp is one of the best managers and Liverpool is maybe the best team in the world right now. We have made a huge effort to reach this stage and have come to compete, irrespective of which team or manager we are facing. We came here to play and win the match with our weapons.”
He sent out another warning which insisted that Monterrey is not entering the tournament only to participate but to make an impact, “We didn’t come to participate in this tournament and let Liverpool win against us. Nothing is impossible in football.”
