Gold Cup: Mexico Advances to Semifinals – Rafa Ramos Analyzes Tri’s Success in Concacaf Competition

2023-07-09 19:47:00

Rafa Ramos ESPN Deportes Digital Analyst Jul 9, 2023, 3:47 p.m. ET Reading: 5 min.

Gold Cup: Mexico defeats Costa Rica and advances to the Semifinals

Rafa Ramos tells the reasons why Jimmy Lozano’s Tri is still alive in the Concacaf competition.

LAS VEGAS — More coaching files have arrived at the FMF than in the two previous World Cup processes. They do not come from the coaches themselves, but they do come from their representatives. Of course, the technicians should have given the go-ahead. The Mexican Selection is still an appetizing dish, but sometimes only for some upstart diners.

It is true that Juan Carlos Rodríguez was anointed ‘La Bomba’ because of his explosiveness, but the Commissioner-President of the FMF is in no hurry to detonate. “He doesn’t want to be wrong. He does not want biased recommendations, ”explained an informant close to the ups and downs in search of choosing the Tri coach.

He certainly does not want experiments, or laboratories, or precipitation. And he certainly is convinced that whoever arrives must be Mexican or at least know the Mexican soccer player well.

It does not have a designated advisory council, but it does have advisors who advise it. For this reason, the coach of the Mexican National Team for the 2026 World Cup will not be a fever or a decision taken lightly.

Previous experiences have been passed by Rodríguez through his own filter. Juan Carlos Osorio was offered to a Decio de María, unable to measure the real conditions of the Colombian to succeed.

“Decio never talked to him seriously regarding soccer. She pretended that she knew and Osorio noticed. Of course, they supported him to the death, because following the ridiculous events in the Confederations Cup and the Gold Cup, the club owners wanted to throw him out, ”explains one of the sources connected with El Tri.

Jaime Lozano hopes to be able to keep the final position of coach of the National Team. Imago 7

“With Tata (Gerardo Martino) the same thing happened. They told Yon de Luisa fairy tales, he met with him, he seemed like a good person, a hard worker, but he mightn’t talk to him regarding many soccer details, which he (Martino) considered for players of other conditions and mentalities,” he adds. the informant.

That is why ‘La Bomba’ Rodríguez is in no hurry. He doesn’t want to be cluttered with profiles, nor does he want to be carried away by the prominence of the resumes he receives. He pretends to experiment on other people’s heads

For example, it is not close to cutting Jaime Lozano’s chances, but it is not close to confirming it either. “He has a chance, if he wins the Gold Cup, he has a lot of chances,” the spokesperson said.

By the way, in the talk he specified a detail. “What Jimmy says is true, neither did ‘La Bomba’ promise him anything, nor did he demand anything from ‘La Bomba’. He wasn’t even scrupulous with money, because he might have taken advantage. On the contrary, it was not a priority issue, and that pleased La Bomba a lot.”

But, there is a precision. “In the conversation between them, it remained as a tacit commitment, not stipulated: if they win the Gold Cup or reach the Final and a good level is seen, Lozano will remain on the privileged list.”

“Until today, he is delighted (Juan Carlos Rodríguez), because he also looks good, like he made the right decision in a moment of crisis,” he explained, but clarifies: “What is a secret is who advised La Bomb to sit down and talk to Jimmy… maybe nobody”.

And just as Juan Carlos Rodríguez himself spoke with El Tri players, before deciding to dismiss Diego Cocca, he will also do so at the time. “That statement by Guillermo Ochoa to ESPN that he has the right profile for the national team was totally intentional. If you look, it seemed that Memo was anxious for someone to ask him.

On the other hand, everything indicates that Juan Carlos Rodríguez understands the difference between surrounding himself with the right people so as not to make the wrong decision, than surrounding himself with the wrong people who sell him an apparently correct possibility, as happened to Decio de María and Yon de Luisa. .

The moment that cannot be postponed is that the director and interim coach of the Tri, sit down to talk regarding the immediate future, including FIFA dates in September, October and November, in case the decision-making regarding the coach of Mexico is extended for the 2026 World Cup.

To whom he does listen, but they will not be the core part, are the team owners. “Because they congratulate him for giving Jimmy the opportunity, they praise him, they ask him to leave it, but he knows very well that there may be ulterior motives. He has already dealt with those kinds of people throughout his” career in the media.

For now, the Mexican National Team will be traveling to Las Vegas this Monday to play the Gold Cup Semifinal once morest the revived Guatemala of Luis Fernando Tena, or the strengthened Jamaica with its jewels in Europe, especially in the Premier League.

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