In this sense, the architect of Uruguay’s great moment has a name and surname: Marcelo Bielsaa technician who stops Ivan Zamorano and Jose Saturnino Cardozo needs the Mexican team to raise the level and mentality of the Mexican footballer, as well as planting the seed in Chili to win the two-time Copa América championship in 2015 and 2016.
“In Chile I said I was going to change it, because the Chileans play well, just like the Mexican, they are technically and physically very good, but you need that commitment to know that you are going to defend your country to the death. When the Mexican is committed, he achieves his objectives,” he added.
For its part, Ivan Zamorano He ruled out that Mexico is prepared to have a demanding coach like Bielsa, although he also acknowledged that Chile was not prepared at the time either, but the Argentine had the support of the Chilean Soccer Federation.
“No, not that. In Chile he completely closed the sports center, no one could enter and he raised the walls so that they could not see the training sessions. He is a guy who is special, I think that for him soccer players are 24 hours.
“I was often told that He called players at 10 at night and told them ‘I’m going to go to your house, I’ll arrive in 15 minutes because I want to explain something to you’ and he arrived.. What I can tell you is that if you have Marcelo Bielsa as a coach you have to be prepared, change your chip completely,” Zamorano mentioned.
Carlos Salcidoone of the best defenders the Mexican National Team has ever had, believes that having a coach like Bielsa would boost Mexican soccer, since it hasn’t been there before.
“We haven’t had him as such, we haven’t given ourselves the opportunity to have a coach like that, that can reach you and set some rules for you, what it wants, limits.
“I don’t know if that is necessary, what I can tell you is that it is always very pleasant that it can empower you, beyond the player you are or wherever you play, that it leaves you something, that it continues to give you those tools to continue growing . Having this type of coaches is very important,” said Salcido.
Zamorano finished by saying that perhaps Marcelo Bielsa is not the solution for El Tri, but he would show a different attitude to the one he has with Jaime Lozano: “I don’t know if I would play better because the raw material also influences. I am convinced that with the Mexican National Team something different would show. Sure”.
