Incoming Mexico head coach Juan Carlos Osorio was officially presented on Wednesday and wasted no time in heaping praise on the national team.
"Mexico is a team that goes on the front foot and looks for results," stated the 54-year-old Colombian, whose contract runs through Russia 2018.
"With full respect to other nations that asked for us, when the opportunity came with Mexico, we didn't think about it twice."
Osorio replaces interim head coach Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti, who guided El Tri to a 3-2 extra-time victory over the United States in the CONCACAF Cup last Saturday.
The Brazilian-born coach had got the job on a temporary basis after Miguel Herrera was fired from the national team in July, following a scuffle with a TV commentator the morning after winning the Gold Cup.
Former Atletico Nacional and New York Red Bulls coach Osorio thanked both Ferretti and Herrera for their work, and even though his sum total working in Mexico is a three-month stint at Puebla, said he comprehends the commitment he is making.
"We understand the great responsibility there is with the Mexican people," he said. "We will give everything possible."
Osorio left Brazilian club Sao Paulo to join Mexico and said his first experience with Mexicans was a positive one in the United States.
"I was a Latino immigrant in 80s and 90s when I emigrated to the United States looking for an opportunity," explained Osorio.
"Meeting and sharing job responsibilities with Mexicans; working in construction, restaurants and gardening ... there I recognized that Mexicans, like Colombians, have that great willingness to value sacrifice to improve family life."
On the field, Osorio suggested that his Mexico team would play an attacking 4-3-3 formation, with one central striker; that naturalized Mexicans would be given a chance if good enough and that 36-year-old Rafa Marquez is not finished at international level.
"Rafa Marquez will be considered in the team and he will let us know how far he can go," said Osorio. "He has to maintain his best form. He is a great player with a great trajectory and experience."
Osorio also praised Liga MX, and stated he will be following Mexico's younger players closely. "There is a great generation of Mexican footballers," he said.
The new coach's first squad list will be announced on Nov. 9 ahead of his first game in charge against El Salvador in Mexico City on Nov. 13 and in Honduras on Nov. 17 in World Cup qualifying.
Mexico has gone through a total of 15 coaches since 1999, with Osorio becoming the seventh since the 2010 World Cup.