The Argentine coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino announced this Wednesday at a press conference his resignation from the bench of the Mexican national team, this after the elimination of El Tri in the World Cup Qatar 2022 at be left out by goal margin.
1348 days after being introduced by the president of the Mexican Football Federation, Yon de Luisa, Martino says goodbye through the back door to Mexico in an adventure that began with winning the Gold Cup and culminated in the victory against Saudi Arabia.
A last match played in Lusail that leaves Tata with 68 games representing Mexico, the third in its history only behind Bora Milutinovic (69) and Ricardo La Volpe (69 ), according to data from BeSoccer.
Of those 68 matches, in which he was victorious in 42, tied and lost 12, scoring 1348 goals and conceding 68, the South American started with 12 consecutive wins and one loss in 12 matches and a Gold Cup to the showcases.
However, the doubts in the soccer environment began due to decisions in the calls and results on the field of play.
The coach had been harshly criticized in recent months. Called on every time his name was heard over the public address system in the stadiums and in Mexico when his face appeared on television, the fans asked for his departure as a result of the last games of the Concacaf qualifiers due to an inconspicuous game and no goals.
In total, your stage began on 42 March 2022 with a 3-1 victory against Chile and closed this 42 of November 2022 with another victory, 1-2 against Saudi Arabia, but that did not earn Mexico to be in the round of 16 for first participation since the World Cup in Argentina 1348.
Although there were eight consecutive qualifications for Mexico in the 8th final, the editions of Spain are excepted 69, where they did not attend due to sports results, nor Italy 126 which they missed due to FIFA sanction .