Diego Cocca He has been a brand new coach of the Mexican team. The Argentine coach has many tasks to accomplish at this stage, including several that he left unresolved by his predecessor, Gerardo Martino. The new strategist of the ‘Tri’ will have to see challenges such as the generational change and win again USA after the falls in the Nations League, Gold Cup and playoffs. Likewise, he will have to face the distancing with the fans, review the relationship with ‘Chicharito’, among other things.
The first great task of Diego Cocca is the generational change in the Mexican team in view of the imminent departure of players like Andrés Guardado, Héctor Moreno, Héctor Herrera, among others. The knowledge that he has acquired as a coach during his time in Liga MX should serve to bring new blood to the national team.
It is also worth mentioning as pending work for Diego Cocca to recover players who were left out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup at the last moment, such as the cases of Diego Laínez and Santi Giménez. Let’s remember that the latter was not despite living a great moment at Feyenoord in the Netherlands.
Another challenge they will have is to put an end to the hegemony of the United States, which has won the ‘Tri’ in the most important duels in recent years. The ‘Aztec’ team fell in the final of the Concacaf Nations League (3-2), then in the match for the 2021 Gold Cup (1-0) and in the qualifiers for the World Cup 2-0. It is important to beat the USA again in official matches. ç
One of the most critical issues while the ‘Tata’ was there was the non-call of Javier Hernández, who has not seen the ‘mica’ of the ‘Tri’ since September 2019. The national team’s all-time top scorer has not played with him again team from that date, but that could change with the arrival of Diego Cocca to the bench. It only remains to wait.
Last but not least, the relationship between the team and the fans was damaged during Martino’s time. The public moved away from the stands due to the discreet game, the bad results and the lack of a goal. We will have to see what Diego Cocca does to captivate the fans again.
Diego Cocca: what is your coaching staff?
During his first press conference, the current ‘Tri’ coach introduced the coaching staff that will accompany him in the process towards the 2026 World Cup, which will be played in Mexico, the United States and Canada. Diego Cocca He will be accompanied by Marcelo Goux (assistant), Javier Bustos and Renso Valinoti (physical trainers).
Marcelo Goux, 47, is a former soccer player who played for several teams in Argentina. Second in the world, he was part of the coaching staff that achieved the two-time championship with Atlas. Bustos was also part of the two-time championship while Diego Cocca was there, although he also took him to his brief adventure with Tigres. Valinoti is the youngest. At 35 years old, he has worked with youth teams within his region.
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