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MOSCOW, RUSSIA. – In the shadow of Juan Carlos Osorio, the Colombian coach who gave hope in Mexico, works the Spanish Imanol Ibarrondo, a personal trainer, key in the ranking of "Tri" for the second round and now has the function of program the team to win Brazil.
For two years, Bilbao collaborated with the Mexican national team to put the players in the best mental conditions to face their matches.
Osorio has not stopped renting his contribution, but modestly, he ensures in an interview that he barely reaches "1%" of merit, while "99% is technician and player".
After working hard to mitigate the euphoria that followed the victory against Germany in the early stages, now his effort is aimed at minimizing the loss of confidence that was the defeat against Sweden, to face in the best conditions the duel against Brazil.
"We will meet to deal with the emotions after a disappointing defeat, the last match is the emotional state, and there are feelings of grief, disappointment, sadness, anger, and this has to happen. and that this becomes the best state to face Brazil, "he says.
He has been working with the "Tri" for a few years, "a difficult personal challenge" in a country that, he says, "He lives football, and life in general, with a particular passion."
"So much passion is not a virtue, it can change into an obsession.It's an emotional tsunami.It's not easy to balance that, the victories and the We are champions of the world without playing and from the start we are the worst.For Ibarrondo, "beyond the sorrow of losing is the satisfaction of being eighth and aspiring to everything against Brazil" , said that the classification of Mexico "was deserved" and that other countries like Argentina or Spain, they celebrated more with fewer points in their locker room.
The chances of Mexico to defeat the champion five times are undeniable, which many current players have already done in the final of the Olympic Games.London in which some of the current stars were already in Brazil, like Neymar.
Ibarrondo assures that Mexico " is a mature team, expert, ambitious, serene and eager to do well the dares ", so he trusts his options to reach the neighborhood.
The personal trainer points out that after the figure of Rafael Márquez, who had a great situation, the cloakroom lacks personal leadership, but has "many, depending on the times and all turned to the good of team. "
" I do not believe in an authoritarian leadership, there are different leaders, depending on the situation, they are leaders who put themselves at the service of others ", reveals
Ibarrondo began to work with the Mexico after defeat of "Tri" against Chile in Copa America of 2016 by 7-0.
The team needed a moral boost and in the hands of Osorio fell the book "The first time I hit with the left", signed by Ibarrondo, he invited him to work with them
The motivator recalls that the team was "hurt but not exhausted at all."
"The first match was against the United States in Columbus three days after (Donald) Trump's election, with all that it meant that he wanted to build a wall with Mexico. a delicate moment, a lot of pressure.We won (1-2) and they extended the invitation to work for the whole qualifying phase and now the World Cup, "he recalls.
Although he enjoys very positively the experience of a World Cup, Ibarrondo comes from Real Sociedad of the Spanish First Division, assures that he will not repeat it for all the "mental and human" efforts that it involves.
Now, he hopes that the adventure with Mexico will go as far as possible and for that he has a "very committed" selection with his coach.
"The leader of this team is Juan Carlos Osorio, who inspires them, motivates them, makes them believe, that gives them confidence in how they handle situations, problems, always support them, demand them too" , he says.
He mentions his constant rotations, criticized by the press but who says "shows them that he has everyone"
"They decided to commit to him, he believes them and they follow him. Juan Carlos Osorio is responsible for this team for the round of 16, with all the options to win in Brazil and move on to the quarter-finals. "
Ibarrondo spent several hours talking with Osorio yesterday, the deal between the two is total. (EFE)
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