Why 2021 was the worst year for the Mexican national team

The Mexican national team has seen various ups and downs throughout 2021 (Photo: Reuters/Henri Romero)

As the year ends, it is customary to evaluate the good and the bad throughout 2021 and in Mexican football Mexican national team Lived in contrast to the experiences because a few months before the start World Cup Qatar 2022team led Gerardo stammer Martino She didn’t have the best end of the season.

Among the problems with fans due to the use of An anti-gay cry and the Recent defeats experienced by the Aztec team, the national team added more failures than achievements to conclude Evaluation. Here is an account tripartite in a 2021.

Yon de Luisa had to deal with economic fines imposed on El Tri (Photo: EFE/José Méndez)
Yon de Luisa had to deal with economic fines imposed on El Tri (Photo: EFE/José Méndez)

the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) was the main victim during the year as he had to deal with FIFA To reduce penalties for tripartite.

After reopening stadiums after a health emergency COVID-19, fans failed to use an anti-gay shriek at CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Championship And in the matches of the Octagonal de Concacaf heading to Qatar 2022.

in June, Mexico Received his first fine for More than a million pesos. And the last one he got in 2021 was in November for the amount 100 thousand Swiss francs; Although the Mexican football authorities sought to reduce penalties and launched various campaigns to eradicate the use of the phrase homophobic, Scream was one of the heroes of the national team’s streak of losses.

Mexico played its first match without fans in September (Photo: EFE / Carlos Ramírez)
Mexico played its first match without fans in September (Photo: EFE / Carlos Ramírez)

The fines were the first step towards severe sanctions imposed by FIFA against the country and to prevent a repeat of the behavior of the Mexican public in stadiums. tripartite s experiencedOur first match without fans.

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After the Protocol to Prevent Homosexual Behavior and Discrimination was announced at the beginning of the year, it was announced that tricolor I can play behind closed doors If it sounds like an anti-gay cry.

Mexico will play its first game in 2022 without fans (Photo: Thomas Shea/Usa Today Sports)
Mexico will play its first game in 2022 without fans (Photo: Thomas Shea/Usa Today Sports)

Despite warnings, fans were fired in early September. In his match against Jamaica in Aztec Stadium, the tripartite He played without his hobby. In the beginning, the sentence was two days (September 2 and 7), but thanks union call The meeting with the audience was saved against Canada.

But for 2022, his first matches in January and February will also be behind closed doors due to the latest fine tripartite.

Mexico did not win the Gold Cup or Nations League in 2021 (Photo: Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports)
Mexico did not win the Gold Cup or Nations League in 2021 (Photo: Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports)

Mexico competed in theThe League of Nations CONCACAF and in gold cup, both campaigns were conceived as an opportunity for Mexican national team CONCACAF will be crowned champion after being interrupted due to COVID-19.

in june team stammer Martino was measured by United State; The final score was 3 – 2 and with it was the score bar and stars They took the cup. Later when Mexico participated in the Gold Cup in August as well lost the final s No tournament has been added which they were expected to achieve.

The United States defeated Mexico three times in 2021, including the Gold Cup Final (Photo: Isaiah J. Downing/USA TODAY Sports)
The United States defeated Mexico three times in 2021, including the Gold Cup Final (Photo: Isaiah J. Downing/USA TODAY Sports)

It was not enough that tripartite He lost twice in a row a final at a tournament in the same year, but what was fitting was that he fell twice to the same competitor, the United States. Either in the League of Nations or in gold cup The final match was Mexico against the United States.

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And for Martino’s fortune, those he leads Greg Berhalter They knew how to take advantage of the weaknesses of the Mexicans to defeat them. With a score of 4 – 3 in The League of Nations and 1 – 0 inch gold cupFor years, the “Concacaf supremacy” that the Aztecs enjoyed was called into question.

the Criticism of sports professionals The fans penetrated into the Argentine national and strategic players. And scored a third defeat in the World Cup qualifiers Qatar.

Canada defeated Mexico in the final match of the Qatar 2022 qualifier (Photo: USA TODAY/Walter Tychnowicz)
Canada defeated Mexico in the final match of the Qatar 2022 qualifier (Photo: USA TODAY/Walter Tychnowicz)

in a November The national team played its last qualifying matches for World Cup Qatar 2022. Face United States and Canada, in his duel against northern neighbor With a score of 2 – 0. Until then tripartite I still have a chance to continue to head CONCACAF ranking.

But when they faced the Canadians, the scenario has changed since then lost 2 – 1 And with their successive setbacks, they went down the table until they were relegated to third place. They let that maple leaf They will remain at the top of the group.

with the stated result Complicating your predictions for 2022 Because when it is decided whether she will go straight to the World Cup or she will go to the play-off.

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