The coach of the Mexican National Team, who is looking for a ticket to Tokyo 2020, said that the environment of the players influences them to choose the Tri or the American team.
GUADALAJARA – In recent years, some professional players with dual nationality have preferred to play with the United States than with the Mexican selection.
In the face of this, Jaume Lozano, Coach of the Tricolor Sub 23, Commented that each player’s context influences and some feel more “American than Mexican.”
“There are some who look more American than Mexican, it’s a very respectable thing, it’s a battle that the FMF has with the United States, staying with the players that everyone wants, you have to be honest with the player and let them choose “, commented Jaime Lozano, coach of the Mexican Selection Sub 23, Prior to the match against the United States.
“I think we should ask them, something I asked, there are some who feel the colors of Mexico as theirs, the social environment in which they develop is important, they live there and their family has a lot of influence,” he said. added ‘Jimmy’.
Among the players who can leave Mexico to go to the United States is Santiago Muñoz, Who is runner-up in the Under-17 World Championship with the Tricolor, but has been tempted by the Bars and Stars team.
Another is Efraín Álvarez, Which was convened by Gerardo Martino to the senior representative of the Tri.
Lozano also opined that the players of United States they go more to Europe than the Mexicans, because of the facilities that the club gives and not because of the talent of each one.
“Talent and quality do not vary much between exporting countries and us, it is the facilities given to the player that make the difference, not winning at all possible or perhaps with a more profitable negotiation can improve that “, complements Jaume Lozano, who will play the last game of the group stage tomorrow.