Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino, highly questioned at the head of the Mexican National Team.
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The poor performance and lack of effectiveness in front of the goal are problems that concern the entire environment of the Mexican National Team and within the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), when the Qatar 2022 World Cup is less and less.
But for El Tri, led by Gerardo “Tata” Martino, the only headache is not that, but a group in which the Argentina of the ‘Scaloneta’ will be, which arrives very well and in good shape at the World Cup event captained by Lionel Messi and after becoming champions of the Copa América disputed on last year; but another rival already generates some fear within the National Team, and it is the always complicated Poland.
Wojciech Szczesny and Arkadiusz Milik are some of the figures that the Poles have, but the bomb is in the lead: Robert Lewandowski. The insatiable goalscorer seems to will reach the highest level in Qatar 2022 judging by his rhythm with FC Barcelona.
Of the winner of The Best of FIFA in 2020 and 2021 they have several reports in the offices of the selected one. The coaching staff is already very clear about how to try to stop this scoring giant, but there are doubts given what the players chosen by Tata Martino have shown in recent friendlies.
For Mexico, it is vital to stop Poland and get a result that allows it to face the Argentina of Messi and company in a slightly more airy way, otherwise a defeat and without being able to get a good score against the albicelestes, they would be eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup.
The 34-year-old attacker, however, he doesn’t know what it’s like to score in a World Cup. He attended one for the first time in Russia 2018 but in three games he played with Poland he couldn’t do what he does best, score.
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