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Before the match against Brazil, for the quarterfinals, in which his team was thrashed 4-nil by Carlos Alberto Parreira´s men, Ricardo Lavolpe stated that Brazil never made him lose sleep or appetite, in a scornful provocation towards the Brazilian squad.
After the match yesterday, the 18th, when Mexico squandered few chances, Lavolpe expressed his lack of motivation to continue at the helm of the Mexican team and said he might quit the job: "I must talk to Mr. Alberto de la Torre (President of the Mexican Football Federation), but I will most probably leave the job open for another person to manage Mexico. I¿m sick and tired of all the criticism."
Despite not having spoken to the coach yet, President Alberto de la Torre, supported the permanence of Lavople: "He´s still in charge, and a poor result won´t sack him from the national team."
The headines on Mexican newspapers expressed all their dissatisfaction with the Mexican side. "El Diario" wrote: "It could have been worse!". "Diario do Mexico" highlighted that Lavolpe´s confidence in beating Brazil was an illusion: "Mexico¿s bitter awakening". "Ovaciones" were more emphatic: "After achieving his greatest feat by beating Argentina, in this Copa América, Lavolpe suffers his worst humiliation by losing to Brazil".
By the way, the press is the main reason for the Mexican coach´s demotivation. The manager didn´t mention names, but he said "there are no conditions for me to continue, since the journalists have harassed me from the day I arrived."
Argentinean-born Ricardo Lavolpe took charge of the Mexican team in January, 2003, and the main titles won by the Aztec side was the Copa Ouro, ironically against Brazil and the qualification of the Under-23 squad to the Olympics in Athens.
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