By: EFE
By: EFE
The Argentine Gerardo Martino , Mexico coach, stated this Monday that having lost to the United States in the Concacaf tie heading to the Qatar World Cup 2022 is not a cause to resign.
“You have to analyze that defeat and nothing else, there is no reason to talk about a resignation and take this to extremes , I have never gone to extremes, neither when it comes to winning, nor when it comes to losing ”, explained the technician at a press conference.
Martino lives a critical moment in the technical direction after becoming the first helmsman of the Mexican team that loses three official matches in a row against the United States .
Martino defended the most recent disaster with your team’s numbers in the Concacaf tie where is second with 14 units by goal difference against the United States, first, and accumulates four wins, two draws and one fall.
“It was a painful defeat, yes, but we cannot think that the end of the world is coming for a first game lost , we must be up to the task and modify. We cannot think that after seven games played and only one lost we are at the bottom of the abyss “, he stressed.
3 defeats against USA in 6 months.
And today’s, deserved, worrying and above all shameful.
We must question the continuity of Gerardo Martino.
– mauricio pedroza (@mauriciopedroza) November 13, 2021
The Mexican selection will be measured this Tuesday in Edmonton , Canada, against the local team, a rival that is marching third with 13 points to one of the set directed by “Tata “, A duel that the helmsman described as vital.
” Winning against Canada is transcendental to avoid conceding two consecutive defeats, that is why it is very important to win this game to stay up there. ”
Gerardo Martino warned that it will be key in the duel against the Canadians control Alphonso Davis, forward for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.
“You have to try to cancel out his offensive variants, especially where Davis moves in the center of the attack because he is a player who is very decisive in the definition. We must control the middle of the field and then play our football “.
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