This dirty Sanchez:
Mexico managed to beat Ghana yesterday 2-1 but even so, this douche bag of a coach has got to go. It was the players that grabbed the victory yesterday, with individual efforts, because as a team, the players have been playing a shitty game of soccer.
Don't get me wrong, I was happy as hell that Mexico was able to pull away with a victory and myself collecting a cool $50 that I'd all but kissed goodbye. But yesterday's game should not have any barring on the Mexican Federation's decision on whether or not Hugo stays. In a year and a half that Hugo has had the Mexican team under his wing, they have yet to win a cup and most importantly, they failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
This is just completely unacceptable given the fact that the CONCACAF is one of the weakest regions and thus, should have been able to qualify easily. They got beat by Guatemala for God's sake. Guatemala!
But what pisses me off the most is the way Sanchez criticized the hell out of the previous Mexican coach, Ricardo Lavolpe, saying that Lavolpe's team lacked identity and offensive mentality. Well guess what Mr. Sanchez? At least they won the Gold Cup, had an amazing run in the confederations cup and got eliminated by a far superior team in the World Cup. What have you done so far? Bitch and moan about how you need time and criticize the younger players for not being able to play as a team. It's your job to make sure they do, isn't it?
And what's even funnier is the fact that after all the criticizing of the last Mexico team, Sanchez's lineup for yesterday's game against Ghana was basically the same team that Lavolpe put together in his 4 year coaching stance. Sanchez also criticized Lavolpe for using players that weren't born in Mexico but that had become Mexican citizens in order to play for his team. He called this unpatriotic and shameful for Mexican soccer. Yet, there was Franco and Zhina on the field yesterday. One born in Argentina, the other in Brazil, yet both sporting the Mexican Jersey. Can you say WTF?
This Sanchez dude is one egotistical maniac. I have never once heard him praise the effort of any of his players in a news conference. It's always about him him and him. Truth is, he had one good year managing Pumas and besides that hasn't done shit in his coaching career. Sure he was a great player in the 80s something he doesn't fail to remind us every 10 seconds, but great players don't translate into great coaches. And I hope that when all the Mexican League team owners meet this Monday to decide the faith of Hugo, they realize that they need someone who's a little more humble and connects better with the players if they hope to have any chance of Mexico reaching the World Cup in 2010.
End Rant
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