Juan Carlos Osorio watched helplessly from the bench as his team was thrashed, 7-0, by Chile in the Copa America quarterfinals. Now, the Mexico national team manager will be charged with pushing his team out from the wreckage of that defeat.
Mexico Football Federation general secretary Guillermo Cantu announced on Thursday that Osorio would remain the head coach of the national team. At a press conference on Thursday, Cantu announced that the federation had “decided to continue with the Osorio project”.
“We are all responsible for what happened,” Cantu said. “These losses help you better see the reality. The result of this Copa America was a failure.”
“How we go from being a good group to being a team depends on how we strengthen ourselves, and not just on the field,” Cantu added. “We all have responsibility and whoever comes here must be convinced they belong on a national team.”
Prior to the 7-0 loss to Chile, Osorio had gone 10 games unbeaten as Mexico manager, a run which include a run to the top of Group C in Copa America play.
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Hope you’re right bottlcaps!
If you look at Osornio’s record, he is exceptional in his first year, then drop off and leaves or is dismissed the next year. He has never kept an assignment past 2 1/2 years
This works right into the wheelhouse for the US as he will be in his second year by the time the Hexagonal rolls around.
Hex begins in November this time which I think will be right at the one year mark.
Probably won’t see him as US manager any time soon with this sort of results. (0-7)
0-4 on the other hand, that’s acceptable.
3 goals is quite a difference in soccer terms, and Mexico was bad and quit, the US was just bad.