Why the World Cup Round of 16 Continues to Be Mexico's Downfall
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Cup Round of 16 Continues to Be Mexico's Downfall Eduardo
Verdugo/Associated Press  Six successive rounds of 16 and not a
single ticket to the quarterfinals: That's Mexico's reality. No
other team in the planet holds this record.  In the past six
World Cups, El Tri have had players of the likes of Jorge
Campos, Claudio Suarez, Ramon Ramirez, Luis Hernandez,
Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Oswaldo Sanchez, Javier Hernandez, Andres
Guardado and Rafael Marquez.  The list of managers is also long.
Miguel Mejia Baron (1994), Manuel Lapuente (1998), Javier
Aguirre (2002 and 2010), Ricardo La Volpe (2006) and Miguel
Herrera (2014).  So why has this happened in the past 20 years?
It's not easy to handle pressure, especially when it accumulates
as it has happened.  Will Mexico qualify to the quarterfinals in
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appeared in United States 1994