Mexico coach ‘Tata’ Martino leaves job after World Cup exit

Gerardo “Tata” Martino has left his position as Mexico coach after El Tri exited the World Cup on the group stage on Wednesday.

Mexico beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 of their closing group sport however it wasn’t sufficient to make the final 16 as they missed out to Poland on purpose distinction. Martino’s crew took only one level from their first two matches in Qatar, failing to attain in a draw with Poland and defeat to Argentina.

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In a information convention after the sport, Martino mentioned his contract had ended following Mexico’s elimination.

“I’m the primary accountable for this horrible disappointment and frustration that we have now,” Martino mentioned. “Because the particular person in cost, it causes lots of unhappiness, I totally assume accountability for this nice failure.

“My contract ended as quickly because the referee blew the ultimate whistle and there’s nothing extra to be executed.”

It’s the first time Mexico won’t function within the World Cup knockout stage since 1990, after they had been banned from the event. The final time El Tri certified for the event and didn’t make it out of the group stage was in 1978.

Martino, who beforehand coached his native Argentina, took over as Mexico boss in January 2019 after he led Atlanta United to victory in MLS Cup.

However he grew to become more and more unpopular amongst Mexico’s supporters because the crew made onerous work of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, dropping to the US and Canada on the street and solely drawing with them at house.

Throughout Martino’s tenure, Mexico had been additionally overwhelmed by rivals the US within the finals of the CONCACAF Nations League and the Gold Cup.

Martino was closely scrutinized for his determination to proceed excluding document goalscorer Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez from his squad, notably amid Mexico’s scoring struggles in Qatar.