How does Martino’s Mexico start compare to past coaches?

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY SportsIt wasn’t exactly the cleanest performance from El Tri, but nonetheless, as expected, Mexico got the job done as they beat Martinique 3-2 on June 23 and left Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte atop Group A with a perfect nine points in the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup. A quarterfinal draw with either Costa Rica or Haiti is what now awaits.

That’s 7/7 wins for Tata Martino, who becomes the second-straight permanent Mexico manager to start his tenure with such a win streak. Some of Mexico’s injury troubles also got better, not great, but better and some players are already getting European eyes on them at the start of the tournament. Here are all the talking points…