Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio credited his team's "love of winning" for the World Cup's biggest upset so far, Sunday's 1-0 victory over Germany. It was hardly the type of love being discussed in regard to El Tri in the weeks leading up to the tournament.
As anticipation among the people of Mexico built earlier this month, a controversial sex story radically changed the discussion—and left a nation in fear that its national team players were more interested in what they could do with their private parts than their feet.
Talk of team tactics and exciting young players who could take the tournament by surprise were suddenly muted.