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Be part of the Mexican team It is a dream that very few footballers can fulfill. But the pressures that this represents can turn that dream into a true nightmare to the point of not wanting to go to defend the El Tri shirt anymore. The front henry martin questioned those attitudes and described what radicals that can be the followers of the Aztec team.
‘Lambor Jimmy’that is how they named the process of Jaime Lozano after his first two Gold Cup victories. After the defeat against Qatar, the illusion collapsed and the criticism began to make itself felt. From heaven to earth are the changes of conceptions and Henry Martín is aware of this.
“We know how the external situation is. We won the first game and everyone was flattering, get on the ‘LamborJimmy’! And you lose and… you have to look for a technician. We know what the press is like, what the fans are like and it’s fine (…) Against Haiti, in the first half, I failed… and when I came out at half time They yelled at me for everything. Then you go in and in the first minute you score a goal and everyone ‘aaah!’. We know how this is. We are all affected and you get motivated if things go well”, Martin explained in the mixed zone.
Javier Aguirre revealed what There are players who are active in Europe who question their participation with the Mexican team because of the constant criticism on social networks and traditional media. But Henry Martín recognized that this type of hostile environment does not affect him.
“I don’t focus on what they say from outside. I have lived so long, that one more stripe to the tiger does not matter. He is not going to help me in my work, what he sees helping me is working on the field. This is football, a game you can start winning or losing and what matters is what you do until the end. until the last minute”, he explained.
Respect to Jaime Lozano
Jimmy has had to assume the bench of the Mexican team as an emergency. El Tri accumulates two wins and one loss with Jaime Lozano on the bench. The Aztec team has already advanced to the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup and Henry Martín requests respect for the work of the Mexican strategist.
“You have to be patient and respect Jimmy’s work because it is a drastic change in the group. We perceive it and it shows, you may not notice it so much. The objective is there and we must not lose sight of that”, he concluded.
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