The coach of the Mexico U-20 national team, Eduardo Arce, was saddened after the elimination in the quarterfinals against Argentina in the World Cup for the category, which is being held in Chile, and assured that they hoped to achieve more in the tournament. “With the defeat “We would always have liked to have had something more,” Arce told the press in the mixed zone after the end of the match, which they lost 0-2. The coach also lamented that the penalty against forward Tahiel Jimenez in the 66th minute was not called: “I think it would have been different, as we showed at the end.”

El Tri's departure from the tournament also spells the end of the competition for 16-year-old Gilberto Mora, who had been one of the figures of the tournament, scoring three goals and leading the team to this stage. “We would have liked him to continue creating and see that reflected on the scoreboard, but in the end, a kid who carries the game the way he does, I think is decisive,” he said.

Regarding the result, Arce commented that they are “very hurt, but we knew we were going to find ourselves against this team, that they were going to cut us off. “We thought we were going to share the moments more, but we talked about it yesterday with them.” “They had punch and got what they wanted to close down more spaces for us.” The Tri coach assured that the Albiceleste “knew how to manage the game with the score in their favor and did more things to slow down the game, but as long as the rules allow it, it's valid.” Regarding the expulsions of two of his players at the end, Arce considered that "they were two isolated plays. For me, two minutes are still two minutes in which we can go for the score."