According to ESPN’s Rafael Ramos, El Tri’s front office have already established a backup plan if things were to continue to go south with Tata Martino and his coaching staff in the WC qualifiers. He mentions that Yon de Luisa, FMF president, has already lost faith in the Argentine coach and actually his own project, since he is the one responsible for having brought Martino on board in the first place. Mexico currently sit 3rd in the CONCACAF qualifiers with 17 points (2 behind leader Canada) and five matches remaining.
It’s no secret Mexico have struggled since the start of the Gold Cup, and that form has dragged on throughout the qualifiers, worsening game by game, to the point of being 10 minutes away from losing a match to huge underdog Jamaica, who by the way, were down to ten men for the entire second half.