One day before playing the friendly match with the Mexican team, Gustavo Alfaro considered that Gerardo Martino will make a good impression during Qatar 2022
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Gerardo “Tata” Martino was defended by the coach of Ecuador (Photo: José Méndez/EFE)
After having fallen in the friendly match against Uruguaand for a score of three by zero, Gerardo Martino was harshly criticized. Although various personalities spoke about his resignation, Gustavo Alfaro, coach of the Ecuadorian National Team, affirmed that Martino is part of the elite of coaches in the world and trusted him so that Mexico performs well during the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
During the press conference prior to the match to be played at Soldier Field in Chicago, the Argentine strategist downplayed Mexico’s defeat against Uruguay and defended Martino’s sporting project. In the same sense, he cataloged the Tricolor as one of the best teams in the world.
“< b>Tata is in the elite because she has shown it.He has had the ability to adapt to everything and he has had to be in Paraguay, which was not important and made it competitive. He went to clubs like Newell’s where he was champion, in Argentina he did a great job, in Atlanta he put together a team from scratch and was champion . I have no doubt that he will have a good World Cup”, he told the media.
In their most recent match, Mexico fell to the Uruguayan team (Photo: Twitter/@FMF)
His position contradicted the people who suggested the resignation of the Argentine 170 days before the start of the World Cup. And it is that after having shown a slight improvement against the Nigerian team, the football display exhibited in the match against Uruguay sowed doubts about the performance that Mexico could show during the World Cup dispute.< /p>
Although on numerous occasions the defense was widely outmatched by striker Edinson Cavani, Alfaro assured that Uruguay was not a much better team than Mexico. On the contrary, it placed the two teams at the same level of competition, although historically the Charrúas, together with Brazil and Argentina, have been above the national teams of the continent.
< p class=”paragraph”>“Mexico had a result against Uruguay, which is a strong team that has a hierarchy. I don’t think it has passed over Mexico. Uruguay is a good team that is tough for anyone because it is a risky rival and in the same way Mexico is a risky rival for us. For me, the game against Mexico is a nice match because to demand a high level of demand,” he said.
Mexico is forced to improve its performance against the Ecuador team (Photo: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Tata Martino refuses to resign
For his part, during the appearance he gave to the media before facing Uruguay, < b>Gerardo Martino spoke about the criticismthat he has received from followers and experts. Although he acknowledged that the voices against him have been constant for 12 months, he denied that his position on leaving the bench due to the irregular results has changed.
“I said it ago one year. If I was hoping that the reviews that started last year or so could be modified and I said no, because it is installed this way. Changing coaches is the simplest part and analysis is the most difficult. We resort to the simplest thing, which is to modify a trainer and bring in another. We must avoid this and more so because we have a World Cup”, he reiterated.
With the pressure on his shoulders, given the urgency to improve performance of the team in the final stage towards the World Cup in Qatar, will face another of the Conmebol teams that made it to the tournament. Ecuador will be its last demanding rival before facing the group stage of the Concacaf Nations League against Suriname and Jamaica.