The controversial statements of Gerardo Martino after losing with Canada

The Mexican National Team suffered a painful defeat in Edmonton on Tuesday night by losing 2-1 to Canada and with that, falling to third place in the Concacaf Octagonal towards the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Despite that, Gerardo Martino flatly denied that his team lacks personality, on the contrary, it seemed an adequate game in general terms and even highlighted the individual performance of Héctor Herrera.

“I don't really agree on anything he has observed (lack of personality). We did a correct first half, it is true that we seek to annul the possibilities that Canada had on offense, we lacked a little more offensive play. Canada practically did not reach the goal and when we returned to our usual scheme, the team had better game, depth in the last 15 minutes and one of the men with less continuity with his team as Héctor Herrera was the best of the team", he explained.

When questioned about their calls and if there is the possibility of seeing new faces for the January list, Tata considered that their calls are not the same and that there has always been a diversity of footballers at the different times they have required them. In addition, he said with the certainty that everyone is in tune with the way in which they closed the match against the maple leaf box.

“The calls are not all the same, different players have come at different times. I remain convinced that we are all going in the same direction and more because of how we finished today's game, "said the strategist, who had to give the press conference standing up because the room where it would take place was on the third floor and cannot climb stairs.

Finally, Martino made clear what he had previously stated: he does not intend to resign from the Mexican National Team despite the complicated end of the year he had and the panorama he has in the qualifiers. "It occurs to me to improve, nothing more than that," was what he said regarding whether he has thought about leaving office, later he retired.