Monday, October 7

Gerardo Martino received criticism from Hirving Lozano for his management of the Mexican team

Hirving Lozano with Gerardo Martino at a concentration of the Mexican team.
Hirving Lozano with Gerardo Martino at a concentration of the Mexican team.

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Wilson Florez

Hirving Lozano is one of the great references of the Mexican team. During the process of Gerardo Martino, Chucky was an essential piece in the scheme of the Argentine strategist. The new PSV Eindhoven footballer was one of the players who, until now, He had not expressed his displeasure with Tata’s process. However, the Mexican He did not hide his disagreement.

After Gerardo Martino left the Mexican team, Several footballers recognized the difficulties they were going through in the locker room. One of those who was hermetic when giving an opinion on the previous process was Hirving Lozano. As one of the referents of Mexican soccer, Chucky didn’t get into much troublebut recently acknowledged internal difficulties.

“At that time, many things came together, both from the coach and some players, we were not connected and many were not one hundred percentneither the coaching staff nor the players, that came together and exploded in the World Cup, there were many things that were not right, “said Hirving Lozano in an interview with W Deportes.

These circumstances coalesced and made it possible one of the worst participations of Mexico in a World Cup. Qatar 2022 was a tournament to be forgotten in which the Mexican team failed to make it past the group stage. El Tri could only score goals in the last game in a sector paired with Argentina, Poland and Saudi Arabia.

Change of chip in Mexico

The next step on the bench was Diego Cocca, but the Argentine’s idea was not well received by the soccer players of the Mexican team. The chemistry with the South American did not seem to work and, with a few months in office, was replaced.

Jaime Lozano assumed the bench of the Mexican team and with little time to work lifted the Gold Cup. But Jimmy’s greatest achievement was connecting with the El Tri soccer players. Hirving Lozano recognized the importance of the work of the former coach of the Necaxa.

“Mexican technician who already knows everything about Mexicans (?) That’s important for the team, they’re hungry, they want to do something important and that’s what they transmit. That was missing a bit in the selection”, he concluded.

Mexico defeated Panama in the Gold Cup final. FREDERIC J. BROWN-Getty Images.
Mexico defeated Panama in the Gold Cup final. FREDERIC J. BROWN-Getty Images.

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