Mario Carrillo offers the reasons why the Mexican team failed to make that big leap to defeat the German giant in the title duel
Tigers he missed the enormous opportunity to attain historical greatness. Not everyone has this option. Against the Koreans it was very good, against Palm trees, proud, huge, but in front Bayern Munich He lacked the size, the height, those beautiful things that football has. What happened to not make that big leap?
1.- Ricardo Ferretti plays on one idea. He defends himself with nine players, a line of four, his two wings (Aquino and Quiñones) play on the wings, one on the right and one on the left. Three defensive midfielders like Carioca, Pizarro and Gignac who were flying. Carlos González joined to help the midfielder. In this idea, his highest point in the last 10 years was the match with Palmeiras, which he caught with his ball dominated, his touch accurately, with diagonals from Quiñones and Aquino. With the great struggle Gignac. The Brazilians didn’t even see the ball. A very complete game with great concentration. The football growth was the biggest he had Tigers throughout its history.
In this idea when Tigers they dominate the game, when they win and defeat the rival there is no one better than Ricardo Ferretti’s team.
2.- When Ferretti is dominated and loses, he has no choice, does not change, has no variants (individual), variables (systematic), has no changes, it is difficult to overcome the rival and begins to prioritize order.
3.- A team like Bayer München or the German National Team must be played three times. 1. Cancel (mark them) that the shots hit, 2. Then wear them and 3. Kill them football. The Germans were defeated from the 70th minute to the 90th minute. Ferretti did not have the ability to react at least to give him a “madrazo”, simply the Tigers and Ferretti could not counter Bayern Munich at any time.
If the game continues for more than 90 minutes, he wouldn’t even get close to the area.
In the World Cup in France, the national team of Mexico canceled, wore out and there was nothing to kill, unfortunately Bierhoff gave us the lace, but we died of something. In the World Cup in Russia, Professor Osorio marked the Germans, canceled them, used them and killed them “Chucky” Lozano.
These Tigers, with this football ability, had to be tied up, to cancel their rivals, to do much more than they did.
If the football levels are different between Bayern Munich and the TigersThere is a strategy for this, arguing that European players are of superior quality, it is a poor diet for those who direct on a playing field, and the handshake and VAR intervention seem to me futile, empty pretexts for defeated coaches. I admit Ferretti’s humility in accepting that the rival was better. I admit that he is one of the great coaches in the history of Mexican football, but on Thursday he had a long way to go to be confirmed or reaffirmed.
This is from the Court for ESPN.