Mario Carrillo offers the reasons why the Mexican team was unable to take that big leap to beat the German giant in the duel for the title.
Tigers missed the tremendous opportunity to achieve historical greatness. Not everyone has that option. It was very good against the Koreans, against Palm trees, proud, gigantic, but for the Bayern Munich It lacked dimension, height, those beautiful things that football has. What happened not to make that big leap?
1.- Ricardo Ferretti plays on one idea. He defends himself with nine players, a line of four, his two wingers (Aquino and Quiñones) play on the wings, one on the right and one on the left. Three defensive midfielders such as Carioca, Pizarro and Gignac who flew. Carlos González joined to help the midfield. In that idea, his highest point in 10 years was the match against Palmeiras, which he surprised with his dominated ball, his touch with precision, with diagonals of Quiñones and Aquino. With the big fight against Gignac. The Brazilians didn’t even see the ball. A very complete game with a high concentration. Football growth of all was the highest it has ever had Tigers throughout its history.
In that idea when Tigers they dominate the game, if they win and beat the rival there is no one better than Ricardo Ferretti’s team.
2.- If Ferretti is dominated and loses, he has no other alternative, does not change, has no variants (individual), variables (systematic), no changes, it is difficult to overcome the rival and starts to prioritize the order.
3.- A team like Bayer Munich or the German national team must be played three times1. Cancel (mark) them that the stairs hurt, 2. Then wear them off, and 3. Kill them football. The Germans were beaten from minute 70 to minute 90. Ferretti lacked the ability to at least react to give him a ‘madrazo’, simply the Tigers and Ferretti couldn’t stop Bayern Munich at any point.
If the game lasts longer than 90 minutes, he wouldn’t even have come close to the area.
In the World Cup in France, the Mexico national team canceled, worn out and had nothing to kill, unfortunately Bierhoff gave us the lace but we died of something. During the World Cup in Russia, Professor Osorio marked the Germans, destroyed them, carried them off and killed them with “Chucky” Lozano
These tigers, with this football ability, had to be tied up, annulled their rivals, do a lot more than they did.
If the football levels differ between Bayern Munich and the TigersFor that there is a strategy, arguing that European players are of higher quality, it is poor nutrition for those who play directly within a playing field, as well as as if hands and VAR intervention seem to me vain, empty pretenses for coaches losers. I acknowledge Ferretti’s humility by accepting that the rival was better. I recognize he is one of the great coaches in Mexican football history, but on Thursday he still had a long way to go to confirm or reconfirm.
This is, from the court, for ESPN.