The Mexican National Team suffered one of the most painful defeats in the Gerardo Martino era on their preparation tour for Qatar 2022
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Gerardo Martino was the target of criticism after the defeat of the Mexican National Team against Uruguay (Photo: Isaac Esquivel/cuartoscuro.com)
As part of their preparation tour for the World Cup in Qatar 2022, the Mexican National Team appeared for the second time against the team of Uruguay on the court at University of Phoenix Stadium. Far from what was expected, since they had most of the players they preferred, Gerardo Martino’s team had a scandalous three-nil defeat and unleashed the criticism of the experts.
The dissatisfaction of the critics is evident. 171 days after starting their participation in the World Cup, the Tricolor fellagainst one of the teams classified to the same contest but that also did not have all its stars in the attack. In this sense, characters like José Ramón Fernández cataloged the management of the Argentine as a shame.
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“The Mexican National Team is a shame, but this is not new. Disappointment, reality, custom… I wonder again why are we going to Qatar?” he wrote through his verified Twitter account, @joserra_espn.
Another commenter who condemned the The National Team’s performance and the role of the coach was Álvaro Morales. For his part, he recalled his time at Futbol Club Barcelona, as well as the Argentine National Team and concluded that “El Tata is no good” , which is why he too questioned its relevance to the Mexican team.
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“You don’t marry the players, you marry with only one idea: Win! Let Tata stop fooling around” and “With Tata nothing will change: he came to retire, period. He does not show a competitive gene” , were the words expressed in his personal account, @AlvaritoMorales.
David Faitelson, who on several occasions has stated that Martino’s presence on the bench tricolor has been one of the best news in recent years, also lashed out against the Argentine and affirmed that his sports project, as well as the players, are lost. Similarly, he denied that they have a sufficient competitive level for the World Cup.
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“Five months and days before the World Cup, the situation of the Mexican National Team is complex. There is no football, there is no competitive level to face the challenges of Qatar (…) There is a collective loss and there is a severe individual loss, it cannot be that a footballer goes down so much when he comes to play with the Mexican National Team. Problem of Tata and the others”, wrote @Faitelson_ESPN.
And it is that the goals scored by Uruguay revealed errors in the defensive defense, although the players in charge of the attack didn’t have the ability to react either and make the opportunities they had. Matías Vecino took advantage of an error by Alfredo Talavera at minute 35 to open the scoring. Meanwhile, Edinson Cavani showed off his qualities and scored a brace that sealed the win at 46 and 54 minutes.
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Given this, in a press conference, Gerardo Martino assured that the details to be corrected have been exposed to a different extent in each of the games they have played, however, he highlighted some features positives of your scheme. “The way we competed in the first half is a good starting point, but it’s hard to understand at 3-0. We are obliged to make an analysis”, he assured.
So far, Mexico’s balance is one victory and one defeat. The next test will be against the team from Ecuador, in the last friendly match of their tour. It will then play rounds 3 and 4 of the Concacaf Nations League against Suriname and Jamaica, at the Corona Stadium, as well as at the home of the Reggae Boyz.