MEXICO COACH ANGRY

MEXICO coach Juan Carlos Osorio urged action against repetitive fouling after his team was on the receiving end of 24 fouls in their 2-1 win over South Korea at the World Cup on Saturday. “Usually, I don’t like to talk about referees but there was something I didn’t like and that was that there were 24 fouls against us,” said Osorio, whose own team committed seven fouls in the Group F match. “It’s very easy to analyse who committed them. For the good of football, I hope they take the necessary precautions and measures.” Osorio said he spent a lot of time making sure complacency did not creep in after their win over Germany. “What often happens against teams with less history is that the human being tends to relax but we dedicated all week to making sure we did not let that happen and fortunately the message didn’t get lost among all the praise the team has received,” he said.