TOaccustomed to this type of dramas and novels that are experienced in the Mexican National Team due to the decision-making of the managers, Néstor de la Torre, former director of the National Teams Commission, assured The opinion that the famous renovation of the Tricolor was poorly designed and that for that reason they will have to pay the high price for their decisions and that for that same reason they will have to support Jaime Lozano to the last consequences, regardless of the result obtained in the Copa América 2024.
“I think that the renewal was not done in the best way, perhaps with a good underlying objective, but without measuring the consequences, because wanting to change the generation is going to have a very high cost. If this is leading to bad results, bad image, discouragement, seeing that the Mexican team is not doing well, then it will be a very strong image cost that they will have to pay for planning poorly, but the objective, the substance, It’s not bad. For that reason, they have to put up with Jaime Lozano, because if they planned it that way, and if they decided that way, they have to put up with it, because they planned it poorly and they must support him until the last consequences.
Do they have to endure it against all odds?
It’s not against all odds, it’s against what they decided was going to be done, because it was going to have a very big, very high cost, very, very strong image, it’s not at all easy to have things against you like to the press, the fans. Everything against a job you are carrying out. That was my fear, that the managers at the mere moment of Jaime Lozano, when he did not have the indicated results, the pressure would come on them and they would remove him, because I do not think that Jaime has the experience of handling such a big ball. like that of the Mexican team. Because I think they are sacrificing his image for this daring essay they did.
Do you see the team’s chances of getting through the first round of the Copa América?
Yes, I think they can pass the first round, but I don’t see how they can compete with top-level teams from South America, but in the first round we have to remember that their opponents are not that strong.
What will be a good Copa América, passing the first round?
From how things look, passing the first round would already be a gain, that’s what the selection is for, I don’t think it’s enough.
Does it give the impression that Jaime Lozano doesn’t know how to manage the group or is attacking him very ugly, do you think so?
I don’t think he doesn’t know how to manage the group, I think he does lack a little experience and that is only acquired over time and that perhaps this cost will be incurred to acquire this experience, with things as strong as those that is happening, although I don’t know if the managers are going to resist it
For what reason?
Because I’m talking about the characters who planned this generational change, they are not directly football people. They are great managers, Ivar Sisniega is very hard-working, honest, a very honorable person and the “Bomba” Juan Carlos Rodríguez is very daring, very forward with projects always on the horizon, but they are not specialists in football and that is where I think he can hit a little bit, that maybe because so much was said about the Football Committee, it was for the managers, not for the technical director
Is Jaime Lozano prepared to endure such a blow if nothing happens in the Copa América?
I think they lack an experienced character on their bench who can give them security in difficult moments. I don’t know the coaching staff either, it’s difficult to speak without knowing the people, but I also think that Jaime Lozano is not prepared for this type of situation. pressure that will be generated if something positive is not achieved in the Copa América and it is where those who planned the renewal must come out to support it
Overall, what do you predict for Jaime Lozano, based on your experience, your perspective, and the obstacles you had to overcome when you were in charge of the national teams?
If you have already made a sacrifice that is going to cost you a lot of environment in your environment, then take advantage of what you are doing, if he said that there will be young people, take advantage of it, because the reality is that if they are paying this heavy ticket , that they take advantage of it in the objective they are doing
But how to get around such a result-oriented medium?
In that case, I believe that those who are in charge and those who make mistakes first are the managers who come out to say that they are going to support and fully support this project, when the reality is that an analysis must be done, because they are Those who say that they are going to carry out this project with young people, where they are given the competition, but we also have to see consistency, I don’t think they are going to move it, because even if they have bad results, I think they are going to pay a ticket very strong, very high and I don’t think they will move Jaime Lozano.
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