How Sir Alex Ferguson and Co shaped Mexico manager Juan Carlos Osorio’s coaching outlook
Mexico manager Juan Carlos Osorio tells Sky Sports how a spell living in England piumini moncler saldi 20 years ago played a pivotal role in shaping his piumini moncler subsequent coaching career.
Osorio takes his Mexico team to this summer’s World Cup finals with belief riding high that the North Americans can make it past their round of 16 hurdle at the tournament.
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moncler saldi outlet And it was there that his love affair with English football began as Osorio, after finishing his studies every day, tried to catch a first hand glimpse of how Liverpool trained at Melwood under then joint managers Gerard Houllier and Roy Evans. moncler saldi outlet
There was one problem, though.
He [Alex Ferguson] would say just a couple of things, but they were worth me waiting the whole two hours. they were words of wisdom that still stick in my head Juan Carlos Osorio
“They never allowed me in there!” he recalls in piumini moncler scontatissimi an exclusive interview with Sky Sports. “But moncler outlet online shop I do remember that once they allowed me into the Everton training ground. Dave Watson allowed me inside to watch a training session at Finch Farm.”
Undeterred, however, Osorio somehow managed to persuade a local Everton supporting family whose house overlooked moncler saldi the Reds’ training ground to rent him their spare room in order to be close enough to observe Houllier and Evans at work.
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“I got the chance to live in a house with the McManus family so then, not only could I go over the fence on a ladder if the weather was OK!
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The then 35 year old ended up staying in the small room at the top of the McManus house on Crown Road for two whole years while he completed his degree, enough time to get fully acclimatised with the game not only on Merseyside, but in the north west as a whole.
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moncler uomo “They worked quite well and I learned a lot. I used to write all the notes and all the sessions. And one thing that was very important for me was that at that particular point in 1997 98, they still had moncler uomo their youth programme at night. moncler uomo
“I would watch the first team in the morning and the youth team at night, so I learned a lot.”
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