Guillermo Cantu, former player of the Liga MXwho after his retirement has held management positions in the Mexican Soccer Federation, such as director of national teams, general secretary of Femexfut and general director of the same organization, took a step forward to defend Gerardo Martino in the face of the criticism he has recently received from Tri selections such as Hirving Lozano and Edson Álvarezwho criticized the Argentine’s management on the national team bench.
“It bothers me as much as it bothers you or anyone when someone tells a lie. or when he doesn’t tell the truth as it is because we are all there and we have that ideal, We are outraged that someone with one hand on their waist can slander anotherwithout any proof and without any support, it makes me so angry like you or like anyone else,” he said in an interview for ESPN.
The manager who He was part of the committee that chose Martino as Mexican coachalso commented that the criticisms are misplaced, since what Álvarez and Lozano mentioned was referring to several years ago, alluding to the fact that at the time they should have raised their voices they did not do so.
“Things have to be talked about head-on and at the right time. It is like this because if not then it seems that it is a trend and it can be misinterpreted as I think it can be misinterpreted. The issue of honorability has been interpreted according to what was said. To me it seems silly, I don’t question it, because if it was so obvious and today we no longer have close evidence, it occurs to us to question the honorability, it seems silly to me. In my experience with Martino he was more than honorable And I say this from experience and not from anything else. I can mention two or three events with him, specifically of honorability that I have nothing but words of appreciation for Martino”, he noted.
Finally, the former manager said that he never saw anything like what the former players mentioned, quite the opposite, since he considered Martino to be an accessible and open person.
“Things have been talked about that I did not see and I did not experience with Tata Martino“I think the disciplinary issue is important because that sets the tone of a management and for me it is what is important, in my experience, the truth is that what I had to see was a person who was very accessible and very open,” he sentenced.
What did Chucky and Edson say about Tata Martino?
Hirving Lozano criticized both his way of directing and his relationship with the players, in particular with him, since he declared that there was no chemistry, which led to the team’s elimination in the group stage of the World Cup and the coach leaving the team. equipment later.
“With Tata, there was no connection; The way the National Team was handled, for me, I didn’t see it very well and there are the results”, Chucky expressed a few months ago.
Besides, Edson Álvarez questioned his coach’s decision to leave him out of the match against Argentina in the World Cup in Qatar, emphasizing that he had a good relationship with him and that he left him on the bench overnight without giving him any explanation.
“In the game against Poland, everything was even going well, the relationship with him was the same as always. The game against Argentina arrives and pretend that I was a stranger, as if I had never seen myself play, I didn’t start and I didn’t play“, assured “El Machín”.
After this, Gerardo Martino only remained silentsince he did not want to extend the controversy, so he preferred not to respond to the attacks and remained focused on his current team, Inter Miami.
Keep reading:
· Edson Álvarez revealed intimacies of his relationship with Gerardo Martino during the 2022 Qatar World Cup
· Hirving Lozano speaks strongly about Tata Martino’s time with the Mexican team
· Norberto Scoponi defends Gerardo Martino after criticism from Edson Álvarez and explains why “El Machín” did not play against Argentina