Football
Tom Marshall, Mexico correspondent 7y

Mexico boss Osorio shaves head after losing qualifying bet with 'Chicharito'

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago -- Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio was delighted in his postgame news conference after seeing his side defeat Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 on Tuesday, although he didn't let on that he'd just lost a bet.

When Osorio appeared 10 minutes later in the mixed zone of the Hasely Crawford Stadium, he did so with slightly less hair.

It was left to Porto's Miguel Layun to explain to the awaiting press that Osorio had actually made a bet with Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez, who said El Tri would win six points from the World Cup qualifying games against Costa Rica last Friday and Tuesday in Trinidad and Tobago.

Osorio promised to shave his head if Mexico did, in a similar bet to the one Hernandez made with ESPN's Sergio Dipp over the result of the Super Bowl.

"Ask the coach," Layun said laughing. "It's a bet he made with Javier [Hernandez]."

When Osorio finished with a couple of interviews, he told journalists of the bet and posed for the cameras, lifting up six fingers to represent the six crucial points Mexico has won in the last five days.

The Mexico squad went directly from the stadium to the Port of Spain airport, with the players set to disperse to their various club sides.

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