With full knowledge of the World Cup project that he ledFront of the Mexican team in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the current coach of the Xolos de Tijuana, Miguel Herrera, in an exclusive interview with The opiniongranted a vote of confidence to the head of the Aztec selection to his colleague Jaime Lozano and at the same time he pointed out that it is enough that in each game the issue of the continuity of the strategist of the Mexican team is being experienced.
“There are two or three defeats and we are not at all children of the United States, just as they were not our children when we beat them. It is true that there is a very big difference in favor of Mexico, but we must also recognize that they have grown, it is a team that has been growing quite well. Unfortunately, they haven’t been able to get a good result lately, but I think it’s part of a football result, and we have to work a lot to be able to get a very good team again that can successfully face the United States and all the others. . The United States has grown a lot, of course it is a goal that we must meet, but also everything slowly.
At the same time, he ruled out Miguel Mejía Barón and Ricardo La Volpe as advisors, stating that: “That is a big lie. Mejía Barón was eliminated from a World Cup and La Volpe achieved the same as everyone else in Germany 2006.
As a colleague of Jaime Lozano who tells you that in every game you say that you are playing your job. Should it continue until the 2026 World Cup?
I think that whoever is there will always be highly questioned. For all the media, the easiest thing is to tell the coach to leave and sometimes he is not the one to blame. Circumstances make him responsible for what happens there, that’s what he is hired for.
But I think Jaime has not had a bad performance, I think he has done things well, I reiterate, a game that loses to the United States is not for people to say that he should leave now. I think it’s a time to give him support, to make him feel strong, to make him feel safe. Especially now that we obviously don’t have the rush of a World Cup and where people get nervous about it. Because in Jimmy’s case, they would have better told him, you are a firefighter and if you don’t pass this tournament you won’t continue.
Herrera also added about the vote of confidence for Jaime Lozano until the World Cup, that: “I think Jaime has done his job. Today he lost a match, he lost the final, but he did not lose in the first round, nor in the quarterfinals. You have to give the technician support. It is not a pressing moment, we are in a World Cup and we must work to have a different World Cup.
What do you think of those voices that say that Jaime Lozano should have an advisor and propose Miguel Mejía Barón and Ricardo La Volpe?
Those are lies, Miguel Mejía Barón did not do well in a World Cup, Ricardo La Volpe did the same as everyone else. I don’t understand why an advisor. If the managers believe that he lacks experience, then bring in an experienced coach. The experience has to be gained as things progress. They already decided that it should be him, so an advisor for what or of what? Maybe LaVolpe took us to a World Cup final, right. So, like Miguel Herrera, Javier Aguirre, they didn’t take us to a World Cup final. So, what is the need to be pushing in a circumstance that seems to me to be more external to football than what the reality of football really is. If they are looking for someone, then put him, they are looking for someone, then put him, because after a while they get lost and the only culprit is the coach and the advisors don’t even show up.
He also highlighted that: “The boys see that they are with him, so I think it would be the worst nonsense, telling someone to fill their head with doubts and other ideas that are not his.
Is the national coach’s chair the hottest in Mexico?
Without a doubt, because you win a game and you are God and you lose another, you are the baddest in the world, but you are neither as good nor as bad as your last result, so I believe that you have to work and let people work. I think that a little bit, the media should let this move forward, give it fluidity, and not just for one party to ask for someone’s head or for one party to say that we are already children of the United States or that the United States is going to beat us. always.
How old have you become as a national coach?
Nothing, my heart and my soul were very broad, with great desire. I’m going to be honest with you, I went to a playoff with a team, not with the national team, but with América to get a ticket on a FIFA date for the World Cup, and then I only worked for a year. I am calm and happy with what I did in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
What would you propose to further nurture the selection of players?
We return to the same thing, the United States has an excess of foreigners and naturalized people and they say nothing about pretexts to compete. They go out to compete and try to show that they continue to improve. I’m going to tell you something, it happened to me that Raúl Jiménez was in América and I brought the Ecuadorian Narciso Mina and Raúl Jiménez did not let him play for a minute, because I remember that I spoke with Jiménez and I told him that as long as he continued at that level, I was going to play. So the Mexicans, if they maintain their level, should continue.
What do the recent statements by Andrés Guardado, Edson Álvarez and Hirving Lozano against “Tata” Martino tell you?
I think that after so much time it is not worth it, if they were not made at that time, the rest is not worth it. If you don’t say it at the moment, they are no longer valid, it is true that some people are left with resentments and annoyances, and sometimes they let go, but in the end after a long time they are no longer valid. I’m just telling you that I haven’t listened to them, which is why I can’t delve into them.
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