Beyond the fact that he would love for the selected from Mexico had an outstanding performance In the next Copa América 2024 that will take place in the United States starting next June, the sought-after coach Víctor Manuel Vucetich said in an interview for TUDN Radio that he does not believe that Mexico will be ready to beat Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, as well as that he has had problems with the United States, which has reduced his chances of succeeding in the continental competition.
In this sense, Vucetich was clear in his concepts: “Of course, from one to the other, I don’t think we can handle Brazil, Maybe Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, we can compete. But above there are three teams that are above, three powers above everyone like Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, even the United States.”
Regarding his wishes about what he would like for the Mexican team in this competition, he assured that: “I hope Jaime does very well, I would like it very much, It is the moment he can take advantage of, it is the only way he can stay, because otherwise, they are going to take him out, they are going to throw him away, so a project has to be made to better visualize the objectives.”
Fight of interests
However, in the face of these wishes, he put forward an evil that has long plagued Mexican football and the environment of the Mexican national team: “For the struggle of interests at the leadership level, but sometimes that generates controversy at the public level and perhaps the public is unaware of the process that must be followed. Even now that Mexico lost to the United States and fell during Holy Week, I heard terms saying that Jimmy Lozano should be crucified, the crucified Christ was perfect, but we would have to see the arguments he has to defeat the United States. A deep analysis must be done and the media must make constructive criticism.”
He added on the topic of the Mexico team: “Still without a project“, without a deep analysis, saying who and why, saying, we are going to endure it for a period of two years and see what we do, like Germany, which does not change overnight, a projection analysis is done.”
Imposition of players
The so-called “King Midas” of Mexican soccer, with titles in León, Monterrey, Pachuca and Tecos, He also touched on the topic of whether in his process in the Mexico national team for the 2024 World Cup in Brazil, they imposed players on him, where he noted that: “They did not impose players on me, because we were in a complicated situation in the national team, but you realize of the interests of the companies that at one point the companies that sponsor their players force them to go.
The floor is not even
Víctor Manuel Vucetich also said that the floor is not equal when it comes to work preferences between Mexicans and foreigners: “Definitely, the tolerance that exists towards Mexicans is very little, that is a very bad thing. It is not common that they give you responsibility for a certain project, but they also have to evaluate very well all the people, the managers whom you are going to bring. Let it be measured in the same way that a Mexican and a foreigner should be measured. That is to say, you are not going to bring in a foreigner who has barely had one season directing, so it is better to give a Mexican the opportunity.”
And he added that: “Especially because Mexicans may know more about the environment.” and that he can develop a job, but support him. Here the problem is, that is, you are going to support it or you are not going to support it, but normally they leave it, they put what they believe, not what the technician asks and needs, but what they leave him and there he has to start work. Then later they say that he couldn’t.”
He also stated that: But perhaps no one realizes that perhaps they did not give him the weapons and the arguments to do a more convincing job. It is part of everything, there is malinchismo, lack of preparation, but above all lack of the teams supporting the preparation of their people.”
Multifactorial crisis
Regarding this issue that is becoming more and more commonplace without any solution, Vucetich stated that:“The crisis in Mexican soccer is multifactorial.” and it is something that comes from the managers, the coaches, the players and the media, especially because sometimes the media does not support, they attack more and bring in more people, even in the media, which is why they “The beautiful things, the fact that they speak well, are more enchanting than their own ability.”
On this matter he went further by pointing out that: “A technician can be small or big, good or bad., but you have to measure it by capacity. We have to analyze how many players we have in Europe, but in which teams, at what times, perhaps a Hugo Sánchez and a Rafael Márquez, a Chícharo, who is now coming back from an injury and they demand that he be ready, when he deserves recovery time.” .
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