After an atypical year, Mexico returns to activity with an intense calendar that includes the Gold Cup and the World Cup qualifier
In view of the activity of the Mexican National Team in the current 2021, the Mexican team will have a year with a lot of activity between friendly duels, League of Nations and the Octagonal Final of the CONCACAF for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Faced with this, in ESPN Digital presents the agenda of the team led by Gerardo Martino for 2021.
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The first match to be held by the Mexican national team this year will be against Wales, which will be held on March 27 at Cardiff City Stadium in Wales at 1:00 PM (Central Mexico time) .
It will be the fifth duel against Wales in the history of the Tri and will serve as a preparatory duel for the Final Phase of the CONCACAF League of Nations.
THE CONCACAF NATIONS LEAGUE
In the same month of March, the Mexican national team will face Costa Rica in the semifinals, after qualifying for the Final Phase of the first edition of the CONCACAF League of Nations, So these meetings were scheduled after the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to CONCACAF, the four pending matches of the tournament will take place in March 2021 at a venue to be confirmed in the United States.
OCTAGONAL FINAL
From July of21 to March of 2022 the Octagonal Final of CONCACAF will be developed, so that after the Mexican Selection is placed in the first place of the FIFA Ranking of the area, it will have activity until the second round in looking to get a ticket to the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
June 2021
The Mexican team will face its Jamaican counterpart, in the same month will have another match with a pending rival according to the results of the first round.
September 2021
His only encounter in the homeland, still has no definite rival, after which it will be generated after what happened in the first round.
October 2021
The most important duel of the octagon against the United States will be given as a visitor, so the Mexican national team will travel for the important duel with the eternal rival.
November 2021
As a closing of activity this year, Mexico will face its counterpart from Costa Rica in Mexican territory, closing its last meeting of the year at home.
Subsequently, the Mexican national team will be measured in 2022 in January to a pending rival, while in March it will close its activity when it visits Honduras.
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From July 10 to August 1, the selection of Gerardo Martino will be active in the most important event of the confederation, after the World Cup classification.
To date the confederation has not announced what the exact dates of the meetings will be and where the matches will be held.
In the absence of four classified in the tournament, the guests in the contest so far are: United States, Canada, Panama, Honduras, Martinique, Costa Rica, Curacao, Granada, El Salvador, Jamaica and Suriname.