Now it can be said that “for less than this they ran to Diego Cocca” of the Mexican National Team.
And it’s real. The difference was that the Argentine did not have the support of the leaders, the players did not like him “well” and he was beaten by the United States, but in terms of effectiveness, ‘Jimmy’ already has worse numbers and was also eliminated by the ‘Stars and Stripes’ team in a CONCACAF Nations League, and recently conceded a historic defeat against Venezuela in the Copa América.
It is true that Mexico’s main problem is the lack of quality and talent, but the coach does not present solutions in the games either and (for better or worse) he is known to have a reputation for being permissive. Perhaps it is not the right thing to fire a strategist when the crisis is so deep, it is just that, under the cold light of the results, Lozano is worse than Cocca and if he is eliminated in the group stage of the Copa América, perhaps he will have the same fate as the Argentine: a truncated project towards 2026.
Diego Cocca
· 7 parties
· 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss
· Eliminated by the United States (3-0) in the 2023 Nations League
· Complaints from players due to their demands
· Fired before the Gold Cup
· 57% effectiveness
Jaime Lozano
· 19 parties
· 9 wins, 3 draws, 7 losses
· Gold Cup Champion
· The players asked him to stay because of his good treatment
· Eliminated by the United States (2-0) in the Nations League
· 52% effectiveness
Diego Martín was very demanding when it came to training sessions and he liked that the concentration centers were far from distractions; Meanwhile, Jaime gets along much better with the group and has tried to keep them comfortable. If both forms of work, so opposite to each other, have not worked, it is clear that the problem is not technical.
Should Lozano leave del Tri even though they promised him the World Cup 2026? If he is measured with the same yardstick as Cocca, of course yes.
