The uncertain future of Osorio at the head of the Mexican national team – International Soccer – Sports

The future of Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio at the helm of El Tri seems to be in the air, despite a proposal to extend his Mexican coaching contract and while the local sports press conjecture on his imminent departure and the multiple proposals They arrived

Osorio, 56, received an offer from the Mexican Federation to continue his mandate, although it is possible that the same demands have the Colombian Football Federation before the imminent departure of the Argentine José Pekerman.

Unidos also showed interest in signing the coach born in Santa Rosa de Cabal. More than tempting job offers, the main reason Osorio does not continue in Mexico seems to be related to the bad environment that surrounds it. Unlike the difficult process to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil in 2014, in the playoffs at Russia 2018, Mexico led the first game.

It lost a single meeting, procedural when it was already first and with Osorio On the bench, the Tri has gained respect in the Concacaf area. But the local press focused more on criticizing the rotations of players from one match to another

The Argentine Ricardo La Volpe and the Mexican Hugo Sánchez and Miguel Herrera, three Osorio's predecessors who did not have as good performance as South America, were his main critics and in the case of Sanchez, he proposed to send back the Coach and give him his job.

Although the Colombian's rejection of the Federation's proposal still does not happen, the Mexican media take it for granted and the "sorting" will no longer have the technician who was characterized by looking for variants to improve performance and out of court he has turned out to be an educated man.

The latter brought him problems because he gave a few pages in the newspapers and some of the journalism, which appreciates the scandals, did not forgive him. In the hands of Osorio, Mexico won 33 games, drew 9 and lost 10, comfortably qualified at the World Cup in Russia and in this "tri" won for the first time in its history the 39 current world champion. They were insufficient numbers for the media who exaggerated their setbacks and played down their triumphs.

EFE