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By: Kike Frias Posted Mar 27, 2023, 11:45 am EDT
The process of Diego Cocca in charge of the Mexican National Team did not start as expected. El Tri closed their participation in the group stage of the Concacaf Nations League with a win and a draw, the latter at home before a demanding crowd at the Azteca Stadium in the capital CDMX.
The Mexican team saved the game up to two times against the goals of the Jamaicans, who during the first half were mainly more incisive in attack and forceful in the small area, apart from the great goal by Bobby Reid that immobilized goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.
precisely the captain Guillermo Ochoa, together with Raúl Jiménez, were the main ones pointed out of a hobby that has fresh memories of the failure in the World Cup Qatar 2022and did not hesitate to whistle and boo his people after the end of the match.
Both Memo Ochoa and ‘Lobo’ Jiménez were a structural part of the call for players that former coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino took to the World Cup; both blamed for the failure, despite the fact that the goalkeeper had a more than remarkable performance in the maximum appointment of selections.
During the meeting, Other of the players who also had serious claims from the stands was Diego Lainezwho entered the field of play for Orbelín Pineda at 62 for Orbelín Pineda, despite the fact that his current football form is in doubt and far from the one who dazzled in Liga MX with the Águilas del América in the years 2018-2019.
Regarding this situation of booing, the analyst of ESPNRafa Ramos, assured that even Mexican fans have not recovered from the hard blow what the World Cup in Qatar meant and seeing some players who were in that competition, they explode in different ways.
“People don’t forgive, they don’t forget, they keep in mind the failure in the World Cup in Qatar. It will remain like this, demanding, screaming” Rafael Ramos
The next challenge for the Mexican national team will be in Phoenix on April 19 when they will face their Concacaf rival, the United States, in a high-level match that will serve as a thermometer for Diego Cocca’s process.
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