In the midst of World Cup fever, while Gerardo Martino announced his departure from the bench of the Mexico team, Juan Carlos Osorio, another former coach of the Tri, let his cards be seen and declared that if he were contacted to lead the national team again, he would accept the task without hesitation.
In an interview with David Faitelson and José Ramón Fernández for the Futbol Picante program, the Colombian strategist, who led the Mexican National Team on its journey through Russia 2018a tournament in which the team beat Germany and advanced to the round of 16, where they fell dramatically against Argentina, answered the questions of the communicators and one of them was direct about whether he would take the reins of the Tri again:
“If they offer you a contract, let’s forget the amount of money, if they offer you a contract with the Mexican National Team tomorrow, the day after or within a month, would you accept it?” Joserra questioned, to which Osorio responded in the affirmative.
“Yes sirI believe that Mexico is a soccer nation and the Mexican soccer team is a great team to lead. Not only me but all mexican technicians and with more reason, like Hugo Sánchezthey must aspire and they must have the objective of directing that great team, like other foreigners”, he stated before the ESPN cameras.
How did Juan Carlos Osorio do in the Mexican National Team?
The Colombian strategist was on the tricolor bench for three years, he arrived in 2015 with a view to getting the team to Russia 2028 and playing a good role in the World Cup.
In that period He played the Copa América Centenario, in which he obtained a fourth placesame position that he obtained in the Confederations Cup Russia 2017while it went up to the podium in third place in the Gold Cup of the same year. In the World Cup qualifiers he classified as leader and also He was responsible for one of the most famous defeats in recent years for the Mexican National Team: the 7-0 against Chile.
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