🇲🇽 How can Mexico actually learn from World Cup failure?
Plus: We go from ABC(S) to T&T in the return of the Conca-catch-up
Asked about what Mexico needs to change after its World Cup elimination, former El Tri and current Rayados manager Victor Manuel Vucetich had a few ideas.
Vucetich sees the need for change “in everything. I’d say at the level of the directors, the level of the players, the coaching staff, the press - and I’d also say at the level of the fans.”
All right. So that’s the baby, the bathwater AND the whole freaking tub.
Whether you’re a respected manager, a very respected newsletter writer or just some lady with a Twitter account, it’s easy to call for change after a team is eliminated from the World Cup. It’s probably the default posture. Either you’re doing things so well that the team exceeds expectations at the most important tournament in the world, or something has gotta be done differently.
How do you do it? Here are five ideas to get started:
Foster an identity
What is Mexican soccer? What does it look like? How should it be played?
Mexico is coming off a World Cup cycle in which the team seemed to understand manager Tata Martino’s style until…it didn’t. And Martino started mixing and matching from basically the moment the team showed signs of ‘vincibility’ in the 4-0 friendly loss to Argentina in 2019.