Gerardo Tata Martino highlights Colombia’s team hierarchy

while the Colombia Choice Celebrating the impressive performances of the young players who turned the tide in Wednesday’s friendly against Mexico, in El Tri, doubts about the pre-match operation are growing. World Cup Qatar 2022. Lack of personnel and erratic performance of the choice he directs Gerardo Martino They put him back in the eye of the hurricane less than two months before his debut in the tropical event against Poland.

The Tata, who does not have the support of a large part of the fans and the Mexican press, spoke at a press conference about what the match against Colombia left. On the other hand, he highlighted the good work of Mexico in the first half, which, with high pressure, clearly prevailed over Colombia in the midfield and took advantage of their chances to advance with two goals. On the other hand, he confirmed that the hierarchy of the Colombian players prevailed in the supplementary slot and gave a full course to the course of the match with goals. Louis Sinistra (double and Wilmar Barrios:

“When the team from the outside doesn’t win, the perspective is completely different. We know we lost a game we won 2-0, and I think they didn’t erase us in no time, we had 15 minutes where we were unfocused (…) we had better First half in 4 years, we are even able to score an extra goal.

Martino also reminded the press that most players called up for this double history of friendlies (which included a match with Peru on Saturday, September 24, in which they won by the slightest difference but leaving plenty of doubts) play mostly in Liga MX, while many of those Those called up by Colombia have played in top-level leagues and even some in the top teams in Europe:

“When you have players like No. 9 in Eintracht Frankfurt (Rafael Santos Puri), like Liverpool winger (Luis Diaz) and Juventus midfielder (Juan Guillermo Cuadrado), there is obviously a moment in the game where you go to weigh down their hierarchy. And that is it. The moments when we have to maintain our composure, maintain order, not make mistakes, and regain control of the ball.”

Finally, he realizes that this hierarchy is what his team needs to get out of the football pit and the credibility they find themselves in:

“From the same hierarchy as Colombia, what we have to do is find our high-level footballers to be able to withstand these moments”

At the end of the game at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara, California, Martino returned to the locker room amid insults and jeers from the Mexican side. There were even several objects that those present threw from the stands with the intent of attacking him physically.

Mexico will face two more preparatory matches before their debut against Poland on November 22 at Stadium 974 in Doha. These meetings will be against Iraq on the 9th of November, and against Sweden on the 16th of the same month. As for Colombia, There are rumors of a January match against the United StatesHowever, the date or location of this confrontation has not yet been confirmed.

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