In the last five starts of the World Cup qualifier, an average of eleven players called up arrive at the fair
The Mexican National Team begins a new World Cup process this Thursday, an instance that has become a nightmare for the Tri players, Especially for those who start the road to the World Cup because, of the last five qualifiers, an average of eleven players arrive at the World Cup.
Gerardo Martino summoned 28 players for the first three days of the Octagonal of the CONCACAFHowever, the players who were called up face an unencouraging record in the face of the final list of 23 for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
For the 2002 Korea-Japan qualifiers, Enrique Meza called up 18 players to start the road to the World Cup. ‘Ojitos’ did not reach the World Cup, as directed by Javier Aguirre, who only considered 10 players from that first call with which the Tri began the process.
Ricardo the Volpe was the one in charge to direct to the Mexican selection in Germany 2006. In the first list of the ‘Bigotón’ to face the qualifiers of the CONCACAF, he called 21 players, of which only 11 repeated for the final call of the World Cup.
The process towards South Africa 2010 was initiated by Sven Goran Eriksson. The Swede called 24 players to start the CONCACAF qualifiers. However, the European strategist left the bench of the Mexican team and Javier Aguirre appeared again to qualify and lead the Tri at the World Cup. The ‘Basque’ brought to his second World Cup only 10 footballers who had started the road.
José Manuel de la Torre was the coach who started the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, The same that culminated Miguel Herrera. The ‘Chepo’ called up 23 players for the first round of qualifiers, eleven of whom survived the final list presented by the ‘Piojo’ for the World Cup.
It was 25 players who started the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which was led by Juan Carlos Osorio. The Colombian summoned 25 elements to start the playoffs, however, only 14 of them managed to sneak into the final list of the South American technical director.